The Period Box

Yoga Poses To Help Ease Period Pain

Yoga practice is well known to calm, center and strengthen both body and mind. So when it comes to yoga for menstruation, practising it can offer enormous benefits to balance your mood and ease menstrual cramps. You may not always feel like rushing to take part in physical activity on your time of the month, but exercise can really help with period pain. Yoga especially has been tried and tested to be beneficial for muscles and mentality. Here are some of the most effective yoga positions to do during your period.

Hey community, we wanna know, like forreal, forreal, are yall reading or have read any books/articles/small essays on the mighty period? We would love to know, so share with us in the comments section below! Currently, we are totally into the Period Podcast by Kate Clancy. It's super informative as she has chats with scientists, writers, educators, activists, and entrepreneurs as they explore all things menstrual. So, we encourage you all to check it out.

When we started the Period Box, two of our goals that always remain constant are eliminating period stigma, and reducing and spreading awareness of period poverty.
This month, we are so grateful and honored to have partnered with some truly amazing people to keep making those goals a reality.

The Period Box and German’s Restaurant partnered with the Sonia Noel Foundation for Creative Arts (SNFCA) and Iwokrama International Center for Rain Forest Conservation & Development. We sponsored 20 period boxes filled with essentials for menstrual hygiene and comfort, and self-care items that are mood-boosting during their cycle. Girls aged 13 – 19, from Region 8 received the boxes, as well as reproductive health education.

Development activities and partnerships like these are so impactful and empowering to the young women we reach because we’re able to tackle the issues they face from multiple angles and sources. Starting the conversation on periods and reproductive health not only educates, but also makes it a feel like a comfortable, normal topic – thereby reducing stigma. Menstrual hygiene products are a basic necessity that many women still don’t have access to or can easily afford.

Sponsoring period boxes can help reduce period poverty to some extent, but more importantly, it raises awareness so that we can find effective, more permanent solutions.
. Sonia Noel Foundation for Creative Arts (SNFCA) German's Restaurant Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development