Half wind relieving posture improves digestion and elimination as well as gently stretching and healing the low back and spine. Lying on your back, inhale the right knee in towards the chest. Interlace the fingers and inch or two below the kneecap. Tuck the chin into the chest with the head on the floor. Gently pull the knee into the chest using the arms, avoiding the ribcage. Press the shoulders and the back of the neck down into the floor, keep the elbows close to the sides of the body. Relax the legs, feet and hips. Breathe and hold for 4-8 breaths, breathing deeply into the belly, actively pressing it against the thighs on the inhalation. To release: exhale and release the arms and leg to the floor. Repeat on other side. Bend the straight leg with the foot flat on the floor. Recent abdominal surgery, hernia. wind relieving pose, plow, supine bound angle, knee down twist.

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