Menstrual cycle - A blessing in disguise for women

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Blessing in disguise

Master Nava always says that women are very lucky because we have a menstrual cycle to tell us if we are healthy and signal us if something is wrong with our body. I know some of you might be cursing to hear such a compliment. At first, I was equally skeptical to accept the fact that the menstrual cycle is indeed a blessing in disguise for me.

Do you know that every woman should have a 28 day cycle and every cycle should be painless? This is how it is supposed to be. A perfected menstrual cycle is 28 days (start counting from the 1st day of your period to the 1st day of your next cycle), nothing more, nothing less. Certain women experience at least 2 days of pain before their period and 2 days of period after they get their period. Some of these women go through very bad pain that they tend to vomit, have dizziness, loss of appetite and many more. This should not be the case at all.

Take me for an instance, during my younger days, I was an ice-cube addict, I chew on ice-cubes and literally take them off from my freezer and put them in my mouth. Yes, I was an addict. This contributed to massive pain before and during my period. It was just unbearable. Fortunately, when i got pregnant with my 1st child, i stopped it for the benefit of my baby. Consequently, the addiction stopped. After my pregnancy, my period was at 32 day cycle and it has been that way since I did my 1st shatkarma (yogic detoxification, I shall write more on it later). After my 2nd detox session, my cycle started to drop from 32 to 31, 29 and finally to 28. It has stuck to it since then. My period starts without a fuss and ends without a fuss, the only I know I got my period, is if i got it, no pain, no fuss. It just came and went, it bothered nobody. Isn't that just nice.

Besides shatkarma there are other yogic lifestyles and yoga asanas that you can do to regulate your cycle.

Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation)

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After doing a little bit of stretching starting from ankle joints up to the neck area, the Sun Salutation is the first set of asanas we practice before beginning of our Yoga session.

Surya Namaskaram is the first thing one should do before beginning of any other asanas. It helps to loosen up the joints and tone up the major muscles in your body before the start of your yoga practice, just so you do not end up with unnecessary sprains and cramps. Surya Namaskaram involves 12 asanas arranged in a series of steps that falls into place together to form a complete salutation. Sun is the main source of energy to our earth and the nature. There are nutrients and vitamins that you can absorb from the sun ray, especially the morning sun. So to speak, it is best for the salutation to be done in the morning during the sunrise (6.45 a.m. to 7.30 a.m., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Local time).