Digestion is one of the most significant processes in the body. Therefore it is important to keep the digestive health in good condition. It is said that all problems arise from the stomach.

If one’s digestive tract is healthy, the individual is less acceptable to disease.

There are yoga poses that work as an aid to digestion. The yoga poses promote digestive fire in the body. It nourishes the system and increases the absorption of nutrients in the body. 

Certain yoga poses are focused on toning the abdomen muscles in the system and stimulate effective excretion of waste from the body.

YOGA POSES FOR EFFECTIVE DIGESTION

Seated forward bend

How to do?

Sit on the ground with your legs unfolded and spine straight. Take your hands up with an inhalation and bend forward to touch your big toes with your index finger with an exhalation.

Try to touch your forehead on your knees and exhale even more in each breath. Try to hold the pose as long as possible with breaths slightly deeper than normal in the pose.

Take a deep inhalation and come back to the initial position.

Benefits of the pose

• The pose stretches the spine and hip region.
• The pose massage the abdominal muscles
• Counteract everyday stress and fatigue
• Soothes back muscles and lower back pain
• Helps to reduce mild headache

Preparatory asanas

• Bound angle pose
• Tree pose

Boat pose

How to do?

Sit on the floor with your spine straight and legs placed unfolded in front of you. Now inhale and with slow exhaustion lift your legs upwards such that the thumbs are in alignment with the eyes. Makes your arms straight in the air, side of your knees.

Hold the pose for 30 seconds and come back to the same position. You can hold the pose as long as comfortable to you

Benefits of the pose

• Tone the core muscles
• Provide a great stretch in the hamstrings
• Revitalize the thyroid gland
• Relieve stress and daily stiffness of the body

Preparatory asanas

• Downward dog pose
• Standing forward bend

Bow pose

How to do?

Lie on to the floor with your chest facing downwards. Inhale a deep breath and as you exhale lift your hands and thighs upwards. You can choose to hold your feet with your hands.

Try to hold the stretch and lift your body towards the sky.

Benefits of bow pose

• Reduce problems related to constipation, mild depression, headaches, etc.
• Alleviate anxiety and stress
• Lessens menstrual discomfort

Preparatory asanas

• Bridge pose
• Tree pose
• Cobra pose

Half-moon pose

How to do?

Stand straight with your spine comfortable straight and legs hip-distance apart. Kneel on one side such as one leg and arm are in the air.

Hold your leg in the air parallel to the ground and your arms perpendicular to it.

Look at the thumb of the hand and focus. Hold the pose as comfortable for you.

Benefits of half moon pose

• Lower the problems related to constipation
• Minimize menstrual pain
• Treat indigestion
• Helps to alleviate mild depression
• Improves body posture and promotes balance

Preparatory asanas

•  Bound angle pose
• Seated forward bend
• Big toe pose
• Butterfly pose

Heron pose ( modified )

How to do?

Sit in the hero pose, and as you inhale take your one leg up and hold it there using the hand. Hold the stretch for a slightly longer time and then slowly release the leg with an exhale.

Take the other leg up and hold it using the other hand, and once you are done with both the legs you can repeat the cycle. You can practice the posture 3 times with each leg.

Benefits of the pose

• Stretches the hamstrings and soothes the knee joint.
• Helps in the knock knee problem
• Massage the abdomen muscles and stimulate digestion

Preparatory asanas

• Downward dog pose
• Bound angle pose
• Seated forward bend pose
• Head-to-knee pose

Intense side stretch

 How to do?

Stand straight with your legs widely open. Inhale and take your hands upwards. Now as you exhale bend on one side of and touch your forehead to the knee. Try to stretch your hands to the ground ( probably palm touching the ground )

Now inhale and come back to the initial position. Exhale and bow down on the other side of the body in the same way as above. This completes one cycle.

You can go for three cycles with one leg if you are a beginner.

ABSTRACT

The yoga poses regulates the digestive fire of the body that helps to balance the weight of the body. It is important to keep your digestive tract as healthy as possible to keep yourself away from the problem. 

Healthy digestion ensure 

• Proper excretion of waste from the body
• Adequate absorption of nutrients in the body
• Promotes mental growth

The yoga poses for digestion are

• Seated forward bend
• Boat pose
• Bow pose
• Half-moon pose
• Heron pose
• Intense side stretch

All these poses are beneficial to eliminate the digestive problem you might have. Practicing the pose helps the body to regulate the digestive fire. Healthy digestion also implies a healthy body weight. 

The poses not only improves your digestion but also help you in weight loss and weight gain.

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