Uddiyana Bandha
Watch Ayurvedic consultant and Shadow Yoga teacher Scott Blossom demonstrate the abdominal lock, used to improve digestion, tone the abdominal muscles, and stimulate and lift the energy of the lower belly (apana vayu), to unite it with the energies localized in the navel (samana vayu) and heart (prana vayu).
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