The navel is believed to be the center of the body as per Yoga and Ayurveda. Various yoga poses enhance, regulate, and activate the life force within us. There are several yoga poses that can help heal issues like navel displacement and any other problems related to the stomach. At times, these poses can even help with digestion problems and gut health. These poses are performed to regulate your pulse and center it.
Navel displacement is caused due to lifting of heavy objects which often results in slipping or jerking of the navel causing immense pain and other symptoms like diarrhea, vomiting, constipation, nausea, etc. Thus here are a few yoga poses that can help with the common problem of navel displacement.
1. Bridge Pose
The bridge pose helps regulate blood pressure. It calms the brain and alleviates stress. It is beneficial in managing mild depression and is good for abdominal organs, lungs, menstrual pain, fatigue, headache, and anxiety as well.
Lie on your back, place your hands at your sides, bend your knees, and your feet should be flat on the floor close to your butt.
Press into your feet while you lift your hips and torso to create a straight line from your knees to your shoulders.
Hold the pose for up to 30 seconds, then lower your hips to the floor.
2. Cobra Pose
This stretches your abdomen, chest, and shoulders. It strengthens your spine and may soothe sciatica. It helps the muscle groups: hamstrings, gluteus maximus, deltoids, triceps, and serratus anterior. It also helps manage stress.
Follow the steps:
Lie on your stomach and place your hands under your shoulders with your fingers facing forward
Draw your arms to your chest, and your elbows should not go out to the side
Press into your hands and slowly lift your head, chest, and shoulders
Lift part way, halfway, or all the way up
Slightly bend your elbows
Let your head drop back to deepen the pose
Release back down to your mat and breathe out
Bring your arms by your side and rest your head
Slowly move your hips from side to side to release tension
3. Boat Pose
The position of your neck during Boat Pose has a positive effect on the thyroid glands in the human body. It helps:
Tone the muscles of the abdomen
Strengthen the lower back
Opens the chest and engages the core muscles
Strengthens the hip flexors and abductor muscles
Stretches the hamstrings
Alleviate tightness in the hamstrings
To practice this pose, you will have to sit on the floor and extend your legs in front of you. Place your hands on the floor beside you, and let your upper body lean back slightly. Make sure your spine is straight and your chin is tucked in toward your chest.
Slowly try to balance on your two sitting bones and tailbone. Bend your knees before you lift your legs in the air and straighten your legs.
4. Fish Pose
Lie on your back on the floor with your knees bent and feet on the floor.
Inhale while you lift your pelvis slightly off the floor, and slide your palms below your buttocks.
Rest your buttocks on the backs of your hands and tuck your forearms and elbows up close to the sides of your torso.
Inhale and press your forearms and elbows firmly against the floor. while your shoulder blades are tucked into your back.
Inhale while you lift your upper torso and head away from the floor.
Then release your head back onto the floor, then lift your chest with the back of your head or its crown resting on the floor.
You can keep your knees bent or straighten your legs onto the floor.
Hold the pose for 15 to 30 seconds.
5. Plow Pose
It is believed that staying in the plow pose for 1 to 5 minutes will help one sleep better. You will have to lie down on your back and slowly lift your legs above your head and to the flat surface behind you. Make sure that while performing this yoga pose, your hands are behind you or on the floor for support. This pose helps turn around the blood flow, thus bringing new vivacity into the body.
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