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PAWANMUKT ASHAN

This yoga pose, as its name suggests, is excellent for releasing abdominal gas. Pawanmuktasana is pronounced as PUH-vuhn-mukt-AAHS-uh-nuh.

Pavana = wind, mukta = relieve or release, Asana = Posture or Pose

 How to do this pose-:

  1. Lie on your back with your feet together and arms beside your body.
  2. Breathe in and as you exhale, bring your right knee towards your chest and press the thigh on your abdomen with clasped hands.
  3. Breathe in again and as you exhale, lift your head and chest off the floor and touch your chin to your right knee.
  4. Hold it there, as you take deep, long breaths in and out.
  5. Checkpoint: As you exhale, tighten the grip of the hands on the knee and increase the pressure on the chest. As you
    inhale, loosen the grip. 

  6. As you exhale, come back to the ground and relax.
  7. Repeat this pose with the left leg and then with both the legs together.
  8. You may rock up and down or roll from side to side 3-5 times and then relax. 

Wind-Relieving Pose (Pawanmuktasana) forms a part of Padma Sadhana, a special sequence yoga poses,

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