Fertility Yoga Exercise. Days 1-3 (Start of Menstrual Phase)
Giselle Rouvier
Exercise
10 min
In this video, we’ll guide you through a gentle fertility yoga practice designed specifically for Days 1 to 3 of your menstrual cycle. Day 1 of your cycle is the day you start bleeding, marking the beginning of the menstrual phase when the body sheds the uterine lining. It’s essential to honor this time with self-care and mindfulness. Our flowing yoga sequences focus on promoting relaxation, easing cramps, and encouraging blood flow, all while nurturing your body during this transformative period. Join us as we explore poses that support your reproductive health, enhance emotional well-being, and create a sense of calm. Embrace this opportunity to reconnect with your body and cultivate a positive mindset as you embark on your fertility journey!
Fertility Yoga Exercise. Days 1-3 (Start of Menstrual Phase) Transcript
00:00:00 Hi and welcome to days one in three of your menstrual cycle. We're going to start on a reclined pose. So please grab a pillow, a blanket and two blocks. Let's get started. So sit by the boaster and you're going to bring the soles of your feet together and lie on your back, opening up the legs to the sides. Your arms can rest near you and just close your eyes here. Your arms can rest near you and just close your eyes here.
00:00:34 Allowing the body to soften down, allowing your emotions to soften and allowing yourself to just be here right now with all the emotions and everything that you're feeling at this moment. and everything that you're feeling at this moment. It is all welcome here. Gently start to notice the weight of your body on the props and bringing your awareness to your breathing, allowing the breath to soften and bringing your awareness to your breathing, allowing the breath to soften
00:01:39 and then gently bringing your awareness to your internal landscape, your emotional and mental landscape with compassion for whatever you find there your emotional and mental landscape with compassion for whatever you find there . Just allowing all of the complexities that you're feeling right now to be. Gently start to bring a deep breath into your body, allowing the heart to open and refresh. And then when you're ready, you're going to start to bring your knees together,
00:02:55 your feet to the mat, you can put the blocks to the sides, your feet to the mat, you can put the blocks to the sides, bring your elbows close to your body and start to lift yourself up. We're going to put also the boaster to the side and then you're going to lie down and bring your knees to your chest. And here you can rock from side to side, maybe releasing any lower back pain that you've been feeling. And then gently start to make small circles with your knees
00:03:29 And then gently start to make small circles with your knees and then go the other way slowly. And then bring them back to your heart, give yourself a big warm hug as if you're hugging a dear friend. And then gently bring both knees to the floor. And then gently bring both knees to the floor. So just guide the legs and the knees to the floor as you open up and twist to the other side.
00:04:18 I suppose it's really great for detoxifying the body as you're twisting the organs inside. as you're twisting the organs inside. So helping your body through this process of menstruation and detoxification so that the new cycle can come the best it can be. Gently start to bring the knees back to the neutral position, close to your chest, and then gently guide the knees to the other side, same thing on the other side, opening up and twisting, gentle twist.
