Say Yes! For Yoga for Menopause

As we know, menopause is a natural biological process that most women will experience between the ages of 40 to 60. Menopause is not a disease and does not always require medical treatment. However, combining the midlife lifestyle modifications, such as yoga exercises, will improve the overall health and ease the transition of physiological, mental and emotional through menopause.


At any age, yoga can benefit both body and mind, bringing energy and balance. More specifically, yoga can be very helpful for peri-menopausal women because of hormone levels and body chemistry may be the entry. Yoga exercises level out this physiological instability by relaxing and stretching every muscle in your body, improve blood circulation and better oxygenation to all cells and tissues. As a result, the function of endocrine glands and organs in the female reproductive tract is optimized. Yoga also improves the health and welfare of the digestive tract, nervous system, and all other organ systems.

1.    To further the case for yoga. Researchers from India recently reported that yoga can reduce hot flashes and night sweats in women going through menopause, and also appears to sharpen mental function.

2.    2 To investigate whether yoga would help women with menopausal symptoms , the researchers randomly assigned 120 women, 40 to 55 years, to practice yoga or simple stretching and strengthening exercises five days a week for eight weeks. In addition to participating in certain postures and breathing exercises, women in the yoga group also listened to lectures on using yoga to manage stress and other yoga-related topics. Women in the other group heard lectures on diet, exercise, menopause and stress physiology.

At the end of the study, women in the yoga group showed a significant reduction in hot flashes, night sweats, and sleep disorders, while women in the control group did not, Dr. R. Chattha, of the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana in Bangalore, India, and colleagues found. Both groups showed improvements in attention and concentration, although improvement in the yoga group was significantly greater. In tests of memory and intelligence with 10 components, the yoga group, while the control group only six.Yoga instructor Patricia Walden, 57, knows firsthand how yoga can help complaints.

3 angry menopause Like many other women, she had full symptoms of hot flashes, constant fatigue and insomnia. On days when Walden has an intense symptoms, he finds he needs to modify yoga routine.
During the menopausal transition, Walden suggested incorporating more cooling and restorative poses.

4 Each gripping or tension in the body can make hot flashes worse, so with props such as bolsters, blankets, and blocks to help support the entire body is a good idea. If insomnia is a problem, the inversion can sometimes be helpful, as they ground their energy and burn excess anxiety. When followed by a restorative postures, they encourage a deep state of rest.

A regular yoga practice can make a world of difference in experience of menopausal women. And a solid practice before this phase can ease the transition, says Suza Francina, author of Yoga and the Wisdom of Menopause (Health Communications, 2003) .

5 "If you practice yoga before menopause, then all the poses are very useful to cope with uncomfortable symptoms already familiar , and you can grab them like an old friend, "he said. "If you are familiar with restorative poses, then you have the best menopause medication you want."