Yoga : Pawanmuktasana

Pawan Mukta means to free the wind. This asana helps to emit air of the stomach, for this reason this asana is named as the Pawanmuktasana (Gas Release Pose). The procedure and benefits of Pawanmuktasana are given below:

How to do Pawanmuktasana

1. Lie down on your back and hold the legs together and connect the hands with the body.
2. Take a deep long breathe and while exhale bring your right knee near your chest.
3. Hold the leg with your hands and press on the stomach.
4. Take a deep breathe and while exhaling raise your head and chest from the ground. Touch your chin to your right knee.
5. Stay in the asana and keep taking long deep breathe.
6. Attention: Keep your knees tight with your hands while exhaling. Maintain pressure on the chest. While inhaling, release the pressure.
7. While exhaling, slowly leave your knee and lie down back on the ground.
8. Make this whole process with the left foot and then with both the legs.

Benefits of Pawanmuktasana

1. Strengthens back and stomach muscles.
2. Strengthens muscles of hands and feet.
3. It provides massage to different senses of body .
4. Emits air from the stomach and helps in digestion.
5. Increases blood circulation and relieves tension from the back and hip joints.

Contradictions to Pawanmuktasana
If you have any problems with high blood pressure, heart disease, hernia, hyper acidity, menstrual cycle, neck or waist, then do not do this asana. Do not do this posture even after the third month of pregnancy.

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