Yoga for Digestion

Fold into Paschimottanasana to help your distracted mind—and your hamstrings—unwind.

Sometimes called the Sage's Pose, Pose Dedicated to the Sage Marichi III (Marichyasana III) is a wise addition to any practice.

There's a general consensus among modern yogis that Viparita Karani or Legs Up the Wall Pose may have the power to cure whatever ails you.

Parsvottanasana encourages balance, body awareness, and inspires confidence.

Yes, it is possible to get rid of that (super) annoying bloating.

Standing on your head in Salamba Sirsasana strengthens the whole body and calms the brain.

One of yoga's most widely recognized poses, Adho Mukha Svanasana strengthens the core and improves circulation, while providing a delicious, full-body stretch.

Extended Triangle Pose is a quintessential standing pose that stretches and strengthens the whole body.

Setu Bandha Sarvangasana can be whatever you need—energizing, rejuvenating, or luxuriously restorative.

Uttanasana will wake up your hamstrings and soothe your mind.

Find length in your side body, from your heel to your fingertips with Extended Side Angle Pose.

As a counterpose to Utthita Trikonasana and preparation for seated forward bends and twists, this pose is key to a skilled practice.

Bend back into the shape of a bow to feel energetically locked, loaded, and ready to take aim.

This revolved variation of Utthita Parsvakonasana requires a lot of flexibility to twist so deeply and ground the back heel.

Folding into Marichyasana I or Pose Dedicated to the Sage Marichi I calms your mind, extends your spine, and gives your internal organs a healthy squeeze.

So, you got a little overzealous with the chili peppers last night? Fear not, yoga can help ease your indigestion.

Feeling a little... blocked up? These yoga poses gently massage your digestive tract, so you can bid farewell to constipation.

So you overate or overstressed… This short sequence focuses on processing and letting go to counteract holiday excess, leave you feeling lighter, and make some space for joy.

Try these exercises, working with different systems of the body to help you better process your food and relieve specific digestive issues.

Even yogis need a little help in the digestion department from time to time. Fortunately, Kathryn Budig says calling on the right pose at the right time can help.

Yoga Medicine founder Tiffany Cruikshank offers four tricks for fine-tuning your body’s digestive process with yoga.

Happiness is a mind-body endeavor. It only takes two minutes to deploy this self-massage to stimulate our belly brain, the enteric nervous system, which regulates mood and immunity.

This Kundalini Yoga sequence supports ideal digestion by increasing energy at the navel point and keeping the digestive organs strong and flexible.

Got gut discomfort? This yoga sequence relieves a wide range of uncomfortable symptoms and helps restore energy.

So you think you can't do yoga? Flexibility develops over time. Practicing Janu Sirsasana is a start.

Try this torso-toning twisting sequence for better digestion.

We can't give you more PTO, but we can teach you how to cruise into Supta Baddha Konasana to recharge.

Grit your teeth and curse your teacher or give your body the support it needs to get more out of the pose.

Inversions are considered some of the most essential of yoga poses. Start getting the benefits of being upside down.

Sure, a crunch works your abs, but Boat Pose? It can build strength all the way to the core of your very being.

Counteract the effects of Modern-Day Sitting Syndrome by lengthening your hip flexors in High Lunge.

Bow Pose works against hunched shoulders by opening them from the front and strengthening them from the back.

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This pose gently lengthens and strengthens even stubbornly tight hamstrings.

Deep, seated twists have the power to transform your spine. Learn how to twist right into Ardha Matsyendrasana.

"Even an old person can become young when [Uddiyana Bandha] is done regularly" (Hatha-Yoga-Pradipika 3.58).

Rinse your internal organs and restore energy with a cleansing reclining twist.

In this challenging version of a twist, your arms wrap around your legs so your hands can clasp behind the back, almost like a lasso or a snare.

Heron Pose is an intense hamstring stretch. You may need to give Krounchasana some time.

Salabhasana or Locust Pose effectively preps beginners for deeper backbends, strengthening the back of the torso, legs, and arms.

Lay Virasana back and to take the stretch in the thighs and ankles up a notch.

Boost the body's energy and fight fatigue with Fish Pose, or Matsyasana in Sanskrit, while building confidence with a loving stretch in the shoulders. It is said that if you perform Matsyasana in water, you will be able to float like a fish.

Say hello to leg and ankle strength as you seek stability and extend into this balancing pose, Half Moon Pose.

Virasana is a balm for tired legs at the end of the day, as well as an alternative to Lotus for seated meditation.

Bharadvaja's Twist, or Bharadvajasana in Sanskrit, is a gentle and loving twist that inspires postural and body awareness.

Also called Seated Twist Pose or Ardha Matsyendrasana in Sanskrit, this pose energizes the spine and stimulate proper digestion while improving postural and body awareness.

Oh, your aching back? Or maybe you can't crack those tight hamstrings. Supta Padangusthasana I or Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose I is for you.

This version of Shoulderstand is performed with blanket support under the shoulders.

Janu Sirsasana, or Head-to-Knee Pose, is appropriate for students of any level and melds a forward bend with a spinal twist.

By providing a conscious opening in the chest and stretch in the shoulders, Cobra Pose, called Bhujangasana in Sanskrit, fights fatigue and relieves lower back pain, boosting both the energetic and the physical body.