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Supta Udarakarshanasana - Lying Abdominal Twist
This pose involves abdominal twisting.
Sequence:
- Lie on your back.
- Spread your arms out, placing them on the floor, palms down.
- Inhale.
- Bend the right leg at the knee.
- Place the right sole on the left thigh.
- Exhale.
- Using your left hand press down right knee to floor on the left.
- Simultaneously, twist your head to gaze at the right hand.
- Hold for a few seconds, without letting off the pressure on the bent knee, breathing evenly.
- Release.
- Repeat three to five times.
- Relax.
- Repeat entire sequence for the other side.
Benefits:
- Spinal nerves are toned, strengthening you emotionally.
- Legs are toned, helping in aligning posture.
- Metabolism is tweaked, due to the massaging pressure on abdomen, aiding weight loss.
- Waist and hips are trimmed.
- It helps regularize bowel movements and prepares the body for the day ahead.