BENEFITS OF UDDIYANA BANDHA / ABDOMINAL LOCK
How to do Uddiyana
Bandha / Abdominal Lock
- Stand with your feet apart maintaining a distance of one foot.
- With a slight bend, place your hands on your thighs.
- Take a deep breath and exhale quickly and with force.
- Contract your abdominal muscles as much as you can.
- Without inhaling, expand the thoracic region. By doing so, you will experience your abdominal muscles going in well.
- Release your abdominal lock after a few seconds.
- Take normal breath and repeat the procedure.
Duration of Uddiyana Bandha / Abdominal Lock
You can do Uddiyana Bandha three to four times. Each time, you may hold the abdominal lock for 5 seconds.
Benefits of Uddiyana Bandha / Abdominal Lock
- Improves digestion
- Boosts performance of vital organs
- Tones the abdominal muscles and strengthens abdominal organs
- Relieves ulcer and stomach pain
- Reduces tummy fat.
Note
Abdominal Lock should be performed only in the morning on empty stomach, eight hours after taking food.
People suffering from high blood pressure and heart ailments should refrain from practice of Abdominal Lock.
