Yoga For A Healthy Menstrual Cycle

This is an authoritative guide on using yoga to relieve the symptoms of menstrual conditions and other reproductive system problems. The authors offer a complete program of yoga poses as well as diet and lifestyle advice that address the specific conditions.

This easy-to-carry small-format book is adapted from a chapter in 'The Woman's Book Of Yoga And Health' and includes expanded and new pose sequences, new medical research, new research on diet and lifestyle, and instruction on meditation and breathing techniques.

New medical research includes information on causes, symptoms, and alternative treatments (including diet and herbal remedies) for a variety of common ailments.

Specifically designed yoga sequences focus on:
- Staying healthy all month
- Appropriate poses during menstruation (and a list of those to avoid)
- Relieving menstrual cramps
- Relieving premenstrual syndrome
- Relieving symptoms of endometriosis and pelvic inflammatory disease
- Relieving bloating and pain from uterine fibroids
- Relaxing with meditation and healthful yogic breathing techniques