Is it advisable to do yoga at night?

Just because you cannot do yoga at the crack of the dawn or in the afternoon does not mean that you should completely write off yoga from your daily routine. The good news is that you can fit yoga into your schedule any time of the day.There is no harm in practising yoga late at night. If you are working in a corporate MNC, practising yoga late at night could be the only option you have. However, according to yoga expert Pragya Bhatt you need to abide by a few guidelines before practising yoga late at night. Here is the right time to practice surya namaskar. You should not perform yoga asanas at least 2-3 hours after a meal. You can eat some fruits after your practice and have your dinner by 6.30 if you intend to practice at 9 pm. It can be a good idea to perform a few restorative yoga asanas at night. Certain poses are calming and invigorating and are in fact best done in the evening or night. Try forward bends like paschimottanasana or seated forward bending pose and uttanasana intense forward bending pose to soothe your spine. Twisting asana such as the seated spinal twist will help you de-stress and detoxify. You also need to make sure that you end your yoga practice with yoga nidra. Yoga nidra will help create a peaceful transition between your practice and your day. You can also practice yoga nidra at office before heading home to relieve your work stress. After you are done with your yoga session, you need to wait an hour before you hit the sack. Do not practice yoga late night if you are in the first two days of your menstrual cycle. Also, late night yoga may not be a good idea if you are pregnant. read less

Yes we can practice yoga in the night but it is advisable to practice yoga in the early morning when we wake up from the sleep our body and mind will be relax without any thought sentence intensity so that if you perform in a fresh air in the Pranayam are also we get air without any pollution but when we do in the night we are already chai from all the activities but still if there is no time you can practice yoga in the night also read less