Guest guest Posted November 20, 2000 Report Share Posted November 20, 2000 Hello there! I was wondering if you all could help me. are women supposed to abstain from practice completely during their periods or ? Is there a time frame like three days off? I am new to my ashtanga practice and find that whenever I remember to ask my teacher there is a room full of students and I get shy. Any knowledge on the subject is completely appreciated.<br>Thanks aecho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2000 Report Share Posted November 20, 2000 Can someone more technically adept than I please put the "Ladies Holiday" (or, "What to do when the painters are in") postings on the astanga II site if they are not there already? And the basic info on going to Mysore? These seem to be consistently FAQs.<br><br>Also, it would be great if the Astanga II site were added to the "Links" section on the left hand of this home page so my bad memory won't require me to keep paging back to find that site, and to make it easier to send new folks there to find the info they are asking about. I'd do it myself, but I am darn near technically illiterate, and site II is such a helpful thing.<br><br>Thanks, and thanks to you, Laura, for the good wishes. I may post a photo of Cassandra as pin cushion if I can get a photo during the next session. Hope you continue with the Edinburgh classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2000 Report Share Posted November 20, 2000 Three days off is what is usually recommended, during the heaviest flow. It can vary some from woman to woman, but that seems to work well for most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2000 Report Share Posted November 21, 2000 I never take a break in my practice during my periods, because it doesn't bother my practicing at all (maybe I shouldn't be telling this, but anyway...). My practice lasts only an hour at a time, though. <br>I have asked this from my teacher, who said, that my practice isn't yet that hard, so I may decide myself whether or not do the whole thing. She self does the second series and said that nowadays she has felt it better to skip a few days. She also said that if I feel like doing my practice during my periods, I should anyway skip the upside-down asanas such as salamba sarvangasana, so that the blood would sort of flow naturally.. I hope you dare to ask too, teachers usually have a quite lot of experience! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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