Mandukasana - Frog Pose

It's an anti-flatus, constipation relieving pose, very good for elimination. One of the favourite asanas of Swami Ramdev, and rightly so.

Start with sitting in Vajrasana (legs folded, toes out); make fists of both palms with the thumb inside, put them on either side of the navel; inhaling straighten your spine up; exhaling bend forward completely and then slightly lift the chin up for better compression. The wrists have to remain upright when you bend forward and not flatten out. Breathe normally as you stay here for sometime starting with 20 seconds and slowly building up to 3 minutes.

The place where you put the fists are the ascending and descending colon. By putting pressure you are stimulating the process of elimination. You can do this asana early in the morning to get maximum benefit. People who are suffering from any kind of abdominal ailment like ulcers, colitis etc. should attempt this only after they are relieved of that. Proper elimination is the key to better digestion. So keep practising!!