Yoga Poses for Gallstones
Yoga is a very well known exercise technique notorious for the advantage sit flaunts regarding improved circulation and breathing, enhancements in support, balance and flexibility and stress and anxiety relief. However, this is not where the impressive list of yoga benefits ends. There are many different yoga poses that are also known to be beneficial in regard to certain specific organs if the body such as the gall bladder.
Practice the following yoga poses which have the potential of easing pains caused by gall stones. Even though these yoga poses may not cure your problem, they may act as soothing tools to ease your way through the pains.
Yoga Pose # 1:
The Palm Pose
- Stand straight and stretch your arms out over your head
- Clasp your hands with the palms up
- Inhale as you begin to rise up with the support of your toes
- Look up at your hands, maintain balance and hold your breath
- Keep walking on the toes till the time you can hold the breath
- Exhale and come down to your toes
- With your arms at either side of your body, stand still, relax and breathe
- Repeat thrice
Yoga Pose # 2:
The Tree in the Wind Pose
- Stand with the legs pulled apart
- Stretch the arms out and fold the hand, with the palms facing outwards
- Look up at your hands and start swaying in a sideways motion
- Repeat 8 times, each side
Yoga Pose # 3:
The Waist Twist Pose
- Stand with the feet pulled apart
- Let the arms hang on either side
- Twist your body and start swinging your arms in a sideways fashion
- When twisting to the right side, try and look as far back as possible over your right shoulder, then repeat the same pose on the left side
- Pace your speed faster, enough to swing your right hand so that it touches your left shoulder and your left hand swings around your back and holds on to your waist line on your right side. Repeat the same motion with opposite hands.
- Repeat 8 times on each side
Yoga Pose # 4:
The Twisted Cobra Pose
- Lying on the floor, lay down on your stomach and spread your legs far apart
- Raising your body up with the support of your arms
- Twist your torso enough to be able to look over your shoulder and have the left heel in sight too
- Repeat same posture on the other side
- Repeat 8 times on each side
Yoga Pose # 5:
Abdominal Massage Pose
- Sit in a squatting position
- Place hands on knees
- Keep the head and upper body properly erect
- Lower the left knee towards the right foot and at the same time right left against your body so that pressure is exerted onto the stomach running all the way to the groin
- Repeat pose on the other side
- Repeat 8 times each on either side
Considerations
These yoga poses along with a few others aim at making circulation more efficient which has the impact of relieving some symptoms associated with the condition of gall stones. Some yoga poses work for the gall bladder health by compressing the internal organs, squeezing out blood contaminated with toxins and waste products, while others relieve digestion related disturbances and improve circulation, while some stimulate functioning of the kidney, liver and pancreas. However, by no means are yoga poses a core treatment for gall stones. They should be treated more like the component of a larger treatment.
