Udarakarshan Asana

Exercise-28: Udarakarshan asana

• Assume a squatting pose with hands on the knees.
• Bend left knee to the ground while turning the trunk to the right- as much as possible.
• Keep the hands on the knees and look over the right shoulder.
• Return to starting position.
• Repeat same procedure while turning the body in the opposite direction.
• Twist the body 10 times in each direction.

Benefits

• Very useful for people suffering from abdominal ailments because of its compressing and stretching action on the digestive organs and muscles.
• Relieves constipation.

This asana is also used in shankhaprakashalana.

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