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The front-belly muscles form a vertical band that the practitioner rolls in a wave-like motion — widely regarded as the king of abdominal yoga practices. See the steps, benefits, and precautions.
Holding both big toes while balancing on the sitting bones with legs extended challenges core strength, hamstring flexibility, and balance all at once. See the steps, benefits, and precautions.
Closely related to Bridge Pose, this variation grips the ankles for a deeper shoulder depression and more complete anterior chest opening than the free-arm version. See the steps, benefits, and precautions.
The belly is rapidly pulled in toward the spine and pushed out, repeated 20-60 times in a single round, to stoke the digestive fire on external breath retention. See the steps, benefits, and precautions.
This family of internal cleansing practices encompasses several methods for cleansing the upper digestive tract, mouth, eyes, ears, and respiratory passages. See the steps, benefits, and precautions.
Often confused with Surya Namaskar, this is a slow, precise, meditative sequence with specific energetic intentions rather than a dynamic flow. See the steps, benefits, and precautions.
A soft, sterile thread or rubber catheter passes through one nostril and out through the mouth — the deeper companion to water-based nasal cleansing. See the steps, benefits, and precautions.
Sometimes called the ‘yogic enema,’ this practice traditionally uses only the body’s natural suction during a specific posture in water, far gentler than the name suggests. See the steps, benefits, and precautions.
Tilting the head sideways and pouring warm saline water through one nostril and out the other is the most widely practised of all the Shatkarmas. See the steps, benefits, and precautions.
Drinking warm saline water and gently expelling it cleanses the upper digestive tract, named after the elephant’s habit of cleansing its trunk with water. See the steps, benefits, and precautions.
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