Yoga Poses for Digestion
When you’re gut is off, your whole day can follow suit. Use these yoga poses for digestion to regulate your bowels, decrease bloat, and feel better overall.
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7 Yoga Poses for When You Can’t…Go
Feeling a little blocked? These moves can coax your body to cooperate.
8 Yoga Poses for Better Digestion
Slow down and soothe discomfort.
Pose Dedicated to the Sage Marichi III
Sometimes called the Sage's Pose, Pose Dedicated to the Sage Marichi III (Marichyasana III) is a wise addition to any practice.
Legs Up the Wall Pose
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.
Pyramid Pose | Intense Side Stretch Pose
Parsvottanasana encourages balance, body awareness, and inspires confidence.
These Yoga Poses Will Relieve Even the Worst Bloating
A practice to get rid of (super) annoying discomfort.
Supported Headstand
Standing on your head in Salamba Sirsasana strengthens the whole body and calms the brain.
Downward-Facing Dog Pose
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
Extended Triangle Pose is a quintessential standing pose that stretches and strengthens the whole body.
Bridge Pose
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana can be whatever you need—energizing, rejuvenating, or luxuriously restorative.
Standing Forward Bend
Uttanasana will wake up your hamstrings and soothe your mind.
Extended Side Angle Pose
Find length in your side body, from your heel to your fingertips with Extended Side Angle Pose.
Revolved Triangle Pose
As a counterpose to Utthita Trikonasana and preparation for seated forward bends and twists, this pose is key to a skilled practice.
Bow Pose
Bend back into the shape of a bow to feel energetically locked, loaded, and ready to take aim.
Revolved Side Angle Pose
This revolved variation of Utthita Parsvakonasana requires a lot of flexibility to twist so deeply and ground the back heel.
Pose Dedicated to the Sage Marichi I
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.
These 5 Yoga Practices Will Relieve Your Heartburn
So, you got a little overzealous with the chili peppers last night? Fear not, yoga can help ease your indigestion.
Tiffany Cruikshank’s Yoga Tricks for Better Digestion
Yoga Medicine founder Tiffany Cruikshank offers four tricks for fine-tuning your body’s digestive process with yoga.
A Kundalini Yoga Practice for Healthier Digestion
This Kundalini Yoga sequence supports ideal digestion by increasing energy at the navel point and keeping the digestive organs strong and flexible.
Not Flexible? You Need This Seated Forward Bend
So you think you can't do yoga? Flexibility develops over time. Practicing Janu Sirsasana is a start.
Healthy Digestion with a Twist
Try this torso-toning twisting sequence for better digestion.
Need a Vacation? Take Reclining Bound Angle Pose
We can't give you more PTO, but we can teach you how to cruise into Supta Baddha Konasana to recharge.
Give Yourself Props in Hero Pose
Grit your teeth and curse your teacher or give your body the support it needs to get more out of the pose.
What You Need to Know Before Practicing Shoulderstand
There are benefits to being upside down.
How to Practice High Lunge
Counteract the effects of Modern-Day Sitting Syndrome by lengthening your hip flexors in High Lunge.
Stop Slouching! Improve Posture with Bow Pose
Bow Pose works against hunched shoulders by opening them from the front and strengthening them from the back.
Alleviate Gut Stomach Problems with Yoga
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Big Toe Pose
This pose gently lengthens and strengthens even stubbornly tight hamstrings.
Show Your Spine Some Love
Deep, seated twists have the power to transform your spine. Learn how to twist right into Ardha Matsyendrasana.
Upward Abdominal Lock
"Even an old person can become young when [Uddiyana Bandha] is done regularly" (Hatha-Yoga-Pradipika 3.58).
Practice This Reclining Twist When You Need a Pick-Me-Up
A pose to restore your energy.
Heron Pose
Heron Pose is an intense hamstring stretch. You may need to give Krounchasana some time.
Rope Pose
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.
Reclining Hero Pose
Lay Virasana back and to take the stretch in the thighs and ankles up a notch.
Locust Pose
Salabhasana or Locust Pose effectively preps beginners for deeper backbends, strengthening the back of the torso, legs, and arms.
Fish Pose
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.
Half Moon Pose
Say hello to leg and ankle strength as you seek stability and extend into this balancing pose, Half Moon Pose.
Hero 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
Bharadvaja's Twist, or Bharadvajasana in Sanskrit, is a gentle and loving twist that inspires postural and body awareness.
Half Lord of the Fishes Pose
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.
Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose I
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.
Supported Shoulderstand
This version of Shoulderstand is performed with blanket support under the shoulders.
Head-to-Knee Pose
Janu Sirsasana, or Head-to-Knee Pose, is appropriate for students of any level and melds a forward bend with a spinal twist.
Cobra Pose
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.