Especially when you feel uneasy in your stomach, the irritation is at its peak. You might be a victim of indigestion. It could happen either when you eat too much or too soon. Indigestion could also happen when you end up eating a lot of oily and spicy food all day. In addition to that, smoking, drinking alcohol or anxiety could be other major causes of this issue.
Dyspepsia is another term for indigestion and the common symptoms of it includes abdominal pain, blenching, gas, growling stomach bloating or even vomiting in severe conditions. So, the food we eat affects our metabolism and regardless of however healthy food choice you might have, the body can have difficulties assimilating and absorbing the right nutrients from it. Hence it is imperative that our digestive system remains strong.
Yoga asanas offer many postures that could help cleanse, aid, stimulate and encourage the good and healthy digestive function. Although it is advised not to practice yoga right after the consumption of food, however, if you are feeling any of the above mentioned symptoms of dyspepsia, you must practice the below few hours after the meal or the next morning.
First let’ s understand the digestive process:
“ In Ayurveda, agni is the source of nutrition, awareness and intelligence. There are many manifestations of agni that affect the body and mind- from the fire of awareness, to the central digestive fire. Ultimately, agni is the gatekeeper of good health.”
Imagine the digestive system as a food processor and“ agni” as the blades in it. Consider the body toxins as fruit waste and the energy to process as juices.
Now, if the blade of the processor is weak, there is lesser juice that is produced and more of the wastes from the fruit. Thus if“ agni” – the blade of the food processor is weak, the whole of the digestive system produces lesser energy( juice) and results in more fruit waste
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