Yoga Poses for Constipation

Constipation means bowel movements are infrequent, difficult & seemingly incomplete. This could be due to diet, stress, dehydration, anxiety, illness, drugs & minimum physical activity.

Constipation is often found in people who work in offices, stay up late at night and lack of exercise. Practicing some yoga asana which exercise abdominal muscles can relieve difficulty in excretion. These should be incorporate with yogic eating. These yoga poses for constipation are;

1. Seated Forward Bend(Paschimothanasana)

When you perform Seated Forward Bend, your abdominal organs are compressed and massaged. This stimulates your colon movement and thereby helps excretion system to function better. To perform this pose completely, while bending forward, do not forget to pull in your stomach to massage the abdominal organs.

2. Marichi Pose (Marichyasana)

Marichi Pose (Marichi's pose) or Marichyasana is a twist sitting pose. The pose purifies the body by wringing toxins out of the internal organs. When you twist your torso, the intestine and colon inside the stomach are stimulated.

3. Yoga Locust Pose(Shalabhasana)

Yoga locust pose provides massages to the lower abdomen, enforcing the colon’s movement which in turn easing the excretion system.

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