This came up just yesterday for me. I had just 3 hours to exercise (little one at pre-school) and that seemes to be my peak flow. I was a bit crampy, but more just wiped. For some stupid reason I decided to do MBS. As the tape went on, I felt worse and worse- and I only made it 12 minutes into the tape. Finally, I took a break, went downstairs and had a short, but necessary potty break.
When I went back upstairs to exercise again I took out Millennium Stretch. Now, that was perfect- that short tai chi session was gentle but moving, my crampiness disappeared entirely, and my energy came back and my mood lifted. The yoga stretches relieved a lot of that "time of the month" tightness. It was the perfect workout at that time. I need to keep it mind for that, as I rarely use it at all. But, it made me feel sooooo good.
Now, that workout isn't exactly yoga (or exactly tai chi), and has no inversions whatsoever. But, in my case it was exactly perfect for "that time". And, made the worst of it much more pleasant, I might add.
So, for me a definite yes to yoga at that time. Not sure on the inversions- I did them once, and they definitely changed my normal flow pattern, but I still have yet to be convinced that is bad. So, in my mind, they may be right- there certainly is an effect. Still, I don't do many inversions anyway, so I can't really say much more.
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