The growing age of fast food and a deteriorating lifestyle could be one reason why your stomach always keeps you irritated. It can be extremely annoying to always feel bloated, full and uneasy, especially when you can focus on better things but aren’t able to. As the wise men have once said “Bad digestion is the root of all evil” and it can’t be more right. We try to curb this problem by taking in a lot of medicines and appetizers that might have significant side-effects. And to be honest, to fight this problem in the long run, intake wouldn’t be as beneficial. This is where yoga comes in for your rescue.
We often talk about how yoga offers a calming effect to the mind, helps in restoring body equilibrium, so on and so forth. But one of the benefits that are so evident and ever-present and yet ironically isn’t talked about as much as its ability to help you with digestion. Yoga constitutes a myriad of postures that stimulate your internal organs, especially your digestive system. To help you understand better, we will discuss below the top 5 yoga postures for better digestion; how to do them and how do they facilitate digestion.
How to do it:
How does it help?
As you balance yourself, the blood supply to these organs comes to a halt for a moment. So when you release the pose, fresh blood and oxygen come rushing towards these organs thus resulting in faster and better digestion.
How to do it:
How does it help?
When you lie down in a calm and still manner, you allow your body to relax as much as it can. By bringing your focus to each body party, the body starts the process of internal healing. This improves the blood flow and naturally facilitates the proper breaking down of food.
How to do it:
How does it help?
This pose is extremely helpful if you’re facing gastric issues. It allows a free movement of the trapped substance and therefore relieves you from any uncomfortable feeling.
How to do it:
How does it help?
The pose allows a certain kind of compression to take place around your digestive organs. Like in Mayurasana, this stops the flow of the blood in the area, so when you let go of the pose, it creates a new and faster flow towards the organs allowing them to function faster and better.
How to do it:
How does it help?
Twisting poses are the perfect ones to help you with digestion. This pose allows the flow of fresh blood towards your digestive system and also stimulates them to ensure that the flow of the food and breaking up of it is smooth and efficient.
Now you know what to do when your stomach gives you a hard time!