RESUMPTION OF YOGA AFTER AN OPERATION, HOSPITALIZATION, ARREST

Important preamble:
If the doctor has advised you a restricted activity, follow this advice and if you have any questions, consult your health professional before resuming an activity. Have the doctor’s agreement before resuming an activity, even like yoga.

Many students want to learn about yoga and enjoy its benefits after an operation or hospitalization.

Once you get home, you feel that you need to do something for yourself, for your body, to recover, preserve the results of the intervention in a sustainable way.

Yoga offers many benefits to support the body and mind in the period of convalescence, more or less long depending on each. It also allows you to preserve your female health and well-being after an operation while listening to your needs.

You may be tempted to find your carpet in a group class. I would generally advise you to prefer a private yoga class with a yoga teacher trained and knowledgeable endometriosis in order to adapt the practice to your own needs.

You will find in this article 7 benevolent tips to initiate or resume a yoga practice after an intervention or operation related to endometriosis.

7 benevolent tips to adapt your yoga practice post-surgery for endometriosis

1. Don’t have any expectations

Your body after an operation or hospitalization or arrest is no longer the body you knew before. It can take weeks for your body to recover. When you return to your practice, go smoothly by taking the time. Making several Greetings to the Sun and vinyasas may not necessarily be the most optimal for you at the moment.
Free yourself from the idea that you “should be able” to practice as before. Listen to your body and practice so that your body feels good and safe.

2. Cultivate patience

Give time to time. Give your body but also your mind time to recalibrate by resuming a gentle practice according to its new abilities. And without trying or feeling guilty for doing nothing or not doing enough or not as before.

3. Practice self-compassion

Surgery, an operation, hospitalization is an event that upsets your body, and perhaps also for your mind (it can even be noticed much later). It is important to show compassion for yourself especially during this period. Go slowly. I practice a self-compassion meditation in these moments and it is also very appreciated by the women I accompany). Your body has lessons to teach you about how it has changed, what it needs right now. This test also has lessons to teach you, which can be positive. The best thing to do right now is to listen to your body’s messages and offer it a lot of kindness.

4. It’s time to initiate healthy and sustainable habits

For many women, an intervention is a click to take care of themselves and their health in a sustainable way, prevent aggravating factors of imbalances that can lead to symptoms and review their lifestyle in a holistic and sustainable way.Your body prefers simplicity and regularity. I invite you to go one step after another. You will enjoy a small action repeated every day, even for a few minutes. You will always be able to include new routines in your daily life that suit you as you go.

5. Prefer simple and equally effective practices

I often recommend (before, during and after hospitalization) breathing exercises. Breathing, as simple as it is, has very powerful effects on the body (our nervous system, the good circulation of oxygen in the tissues…) and its ability to prepare, put itself in the best conditions and recover.

6. Adapt your yoga practice

When you really listen to your body but also to your mind and emotions, then you know that you sometimes have to act differently. This sometimes requires small adjustments and an adaptation of his yoga practice to the present need of his body, head and heart.

Teachers who have taken my yoga therapy training adapted to endometriosis will be able to guide you in an informed, safe and personalized way.

7. Honor your feelings when practicing yoga!

You may only be able to start “only” with breathing, meditation, a relaxation posture… Remember that these practices are part of yoga and that they are beneficial for your body and mind following an operation. They will be able to support you effectively and will also prepare for a smooth resumption of a more bodily practice with yoga postures (asanas).

Approach your practice with openness, curiosity and without judgment.

What do you feel in your body? What do you observe when you breathe? How do you feel using an accessory or bringing a subtle variation to a posture? This allows you to return to your sensations, to listen and meet the needs of your body, to settle in practice, one breath after another. This is quite normal if it may seem difficult at first. A trained teacher with endometriosis can best guide you in the beginning or return of your yoga practice.

To go deeper in a personalized and holistic way, do not hesitate to contact me and book a first free exchange

I would be happy to guide you if you want pre/post operation or hospitalization support, adapt your yoga practice or integrate a holistic approach for your female well-being sustainably.