It’s easy to overeat and feel swollen after a big meal. The main causes? Gastric reflux, acidity, overloaded digestive system, poor food combinations, lack of exercise, etc. Instead of skipping a “Tums” and hop on the couch, consider trying a natural remedy for stomach upset.

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Here are 5 yoga postures that aim to fight bloating, activate your digestive fire and relieve your stomach pain. You can practice them ideally before meals and even fasting on waking.

1. Apanasana: Posture from the knees to the chest

Time: 1 to 2 minutes

• Start with the supine position. Inhale and exhale, bringing your knees to your chest, then wrap your arms around your legs. You can also leave your hands on your knees.

• Hold the position as it is and breathe. Advance the chin, so that the neck can rest on the ground.

• You can also choose to raise the head between the knees to stretch the spine as much as possible.

2. Sethu Bandhasana: Half Deck

Time: 1 to 2 minutes

• Lie on your back with your legs together and place your arms on each side of your body. Bend the legs and place the soles on the ground (width of the pond).

• Slowly push your pelvis toward the ceiling keeping the same distance between the knees and between the feet. Rotate your shoulders internally as close as possible.

• Hold the position while breathing deeply.

• After 1 to 2 minutes, bring the pelvis gently to the ground and relax your lower back.

• If you wish, you can also intertwine the fingers and activate a pressure in the ground with the hands to lift the pool a little higher.

3. Ardha Matsyendrasana: Seated torsion

Time: 3 to 5 minutes

• Start in the sitting posture with legs stretched out in front of you.

• Place the right soles flat on the ground outside the left knee. Keep your left leg well elongated. The back is straight and relaxed.

• Bring left elbow or left arm out of right knee and grab right ankle. Turn the bust as far as possible to the right, place the right arm across the back and look over the right shoulder.

• Hold this posture for a few minutes while breathing normally and release the entire body.

• Return slowly to the starting posture. Practice the exercise on the other side.

4. Marjaryasana and Bitilasana: Cow Cat

Time: 1 to 3 minutes

• Get on all fours. Place the knees in alignment with the hips and hands in alignment with the shoulders.

• Inhale, dig the back, letting the head follow the movement of the column that camber.

• Exhale, contract the abdominals and round the column like a cat.

• Repeat the movement still inspiring back cruex and exhaling back round.

5. Adho Mukha Svanasana: Dog Headed Down

Time: 1 to 2 minutes

• In the table position, have knees directly under the hips and wrists under the shoulders.

• The palms grow in the ground, the fingers are spread apart and the back is long.

• Exhale and push in the hands and bring the hips to the sky.

• Breathe deeply. The hands are pushing forward, the heels are trying to reach the ground and the hips are pushing upwards.

• Open the chest by bringing the shoulder blades towards each other.

• To get out of the posture, while exhaling, bend your knees to return to the posture of the table.

• Sit on your heels. Close your eyes, feel the energy flow.

In general, there are two ways to help the digestive system function properly: 1) a proper diet based on a healthy diet and 2) daily physical exercise. Yoga can very well handle the second part of this equation. Create your own workout with the postures above and you’ll soon realize that yoga helps your body at every level.