The word Shankhaprakshalana comes from two words. Shankha meaning “conch” and prakshalana meaning to wash completely. The word shankha is used to represent the entire alimentary canal from mouth to anus.
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There are 5 yoga poses under Shankh Prakshalana :
1) Tadasana : Keep the feet apart 16-18 inches from each other.
Now lift both the arms in front, bring it to shoulder level and interlock your fingers.Take interlocked hands up and facing your palms , straighten your arms. Now lift your heals up and stretch your body in upward direction, stay for a while and then release it.
2) Tiriyak tadasana :Take the same position as Tadasana without lifting the heals.Stretch the body up and bend towards left from waist and hold on to the position for some time.Now come back to previous position and relax.Bend towards right and hold for some time and then come back to position and release.
3) Katti Chakrasana : Take distance between both the legs of about 16-18 inches.Raise your arms side-ways to shoulder level, palms of the hands facing downwards & parallel to ground.
Turn from the waist towards left, keeping the arms parallel to ground.Now bend right arm and turn around your body and put the hand on the left shoulder.Then turn your neck towards the left and give twist to whole body. Remain still for a while in this position and then release the asana.
4) Tiryaka Bhujangasana : Bring both hands near the chest and place palms on the ground, keep the fingers together pointing towards front except the thumb which is drawn towards the body, Touch the forehead to the ground & raise the forehead and bend the neck backward.
5) Udrakarnasana : Give some space between your legs of about 8-10 inches. Bend to the knees, touch the soles and sit down.
Put both the hands on the knees.With the help of left hand push the left knee towards right foot and give the pressure of right thigh to left thigh.
Perform these 5 yoga poses in sets and drink 2 glasses of water after completing each set.
Its benefits are :
1) It helps in relieving from constipation.
2) It helps in reducing belly fat.
3) It is a god exercise to control diabetes.
4) It is good for weight loss.
Yoga practices can make us more and more sensitive to subtler and subtler sensations in the body. Paying attention to and staying with finer and finer sensations within the body is one of the surest ways to steady the wandering mind.
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