Yoga For Belly Fat | Chakki Chalanasana | Dhanurasana |@VentunoYoga

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Chakki Chalanasana gets its name from Sanskrit where "Chakki" means 'Mill', 'Chalan' means 'Churn' and 'Asana' means 'Pose'. Your body appears like you are churning a mill while practicing this asana, and hence the name Chakki Chalanasana.

How To:

Starting with your legs apart, back as straight as you can, feet slightly flexed.
Interlock your fingers and stretch your arms and come forwards as much as you can.
Reach for the toes of the left foot and start to roll around moving from your hip joint at your pelvis like you are drawing an imaginary circle. then all the way to the right.
Then finishing the circle by going all the way back and left and around again like churning the mill.
Inhale while the bending forward and exhale while back. If that is difficult to coordinate, breathe normally.
Stretch your body as much as you can and keep your back as flat as you can.
Try not to move legs much. A little movement of the thighs in the beginning is alright.
You will feel the stretch in the arms, abdomen, groin and legs
Initially start with 5 rounds without stressing your body and Repeat the same in anticlockwise direction. Once the body is accustomed to the pose, you can increase it 10 to 12 rounds in each direction.
Do not overexert yourself while practicing this Pose. Do not push yourself beyond the limits. Go only as far as your body allows. Remember it's about easing in to the pose rather than fighting with it.

Benefits:

Helps to prevent sciatica nerve pain
Helps to tone the back, arms, abdomen and pelvis.
Helps to open the groin and the hip.
Useful for females in strengthening the uterus muscles. If practiced regularly, it prevents against painful menstrual cycle and to regulate PCOD
Done consistently, helps to reduce abdominal fat and post delivery fat.

Dhanurasana or the Bow Pose is one of the 12 basic Hatha Yoga poses. It is also one of the three main back stretching exercises. It gives the entire back a good stretch, thus imparting flexibility as well as strength to the back. This pose is so called because it looks like an archer's bow, the torso and legs representing the body of the bow, and the arms the string.

Steps

1. Lie down on your stomach
with your feet slightly apart
2. Slowly, fold your knees up
and hold your ankles with your hands.
3. Breathe in and lift your chest off the ground
and pull your legs up and stretch it out.
4. Hold the pose for
12 -15 seconds
5. Slowly return to the starting position.

Benefits of Dhanurasana

Improves the strength of the back and the lower abdominal muscles
Stimulates the organs of the abdomen and neck
Helps in reducing fat around belly area.

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