Ladies' Holiday
September 5, 2014 by admin
Filed under Yoga Articles
Updated May 01, 2014.
The term ladies’ holiday is used in Ashtanga yoga to describe the recommendation that women take the first few days of their period off from practicing asana. According to an interview with Saraswathi Rangaswami, the daughter of Ashtanga guru Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, the ladies’ holiday stems from the Brahman tradition that women rest during the first three days of menstruation. Other yoga styles have different recommendations on poses to abstain from during menstruation.
