Use Yoga To Get That Sixpack

3 Simple Yoga Exercises For Ripped Abs

Core abdominal training and power is perhaps the most
important aspect of physical fitness, and yoga is an
excellent science to help target and develop this region.
According to yoga, the abdominal area is governed by the
Solar Plexus Chakra, called the Manipura Chakra in Sanskrit,
and this chakra is responsible for not just providing the
body with the physical energy it needs, but is also
responsible for your willpower and strength of character.

Yoga abdominal exercises work on many dimensions of your
being. They not just tone and strengthen the stomach
muscles, but they also open and balance the Manipura Chakra
mentioned above. Thus, not only is your core strength and
power improved, but, also your willpower and strength of
character developed. In this article I will give three
excellent yoga exercises for developing this all important
center.

1. Single Yoga Leg Lifts:

Lie on your back with your hands underneath your buttocks
palms facing down. The hand position is to support your
lower back. If you feel pressure or discomfort in your lower
back, go ahead and roll more of your arms underneath you,
this will give even more lower back support.

Now lift your left leg up to ninety degrees in a slow,
smooth motion keeping it as straight at the knee as
possible. Inhale as you lift you lift up, then exhale and
bring the leg back down. Next repeat this exercise with the
right leg. Continue in this fashion, lifting alternate legs
to ninety degrees for one to three minutes.

Take a break in between if you need to. Remember never to
overdo anything when it comes to yoga. Slow and steady is
the golden rule.

2. Double Yoga Leg Lifts:

Once you complete your single leg lifts take a short break
and then try the same exercise but this time lift both legs
together is a smooth motion to ninety degrees and then back
down. Again try to keep the legs as straight as possible.
Keep the hands underneath the buttocks as above to support
the lower back.

3. Criss-Cross Legs:

You will find the above two exercise really target the
central abs, and this exercise will attack the obliques,
which are the stomach muscles that line the side of the
abdominal. For this exercise, again remain on your back with
the hands underneath your buttocks palms facing down, then
raise your legs twelve to eighteen inches above the floor
and keeping the toes pointed begin to rapidly criss-cross
them.

By criss-cross here, I mean that let the legs cross over
each other at the ankles, where fist the right leg crosses
over the top of the left, and then the left crosses over the
the top of the right. This action will really work the
stomach muscles and is excellent training for abdominal
strength and toning.

Summary:

So there you have three excellent exercises for toning and
strengthening your abdominal muscles and activating the
Solar Plexus Chakra. These exercises also provide the added
benefit of helping your digestive system and is an excellent
set for those who are just starting out their yoga practice.

Anmol Mehta is a modern Yoga & Meditation master. His
massive website offers the ultimate Guided Meditation
Techniques guide, a powerful Third Eye Meditation and free
Yoga Exercise Videos.

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Core abdominal training and power is perhaps the most
important aspect of physical fitness, and yoga is an
excellent science to help target and develop this region.
According to yoga, the abdominal area is governed by the
Solar Plexus Chakra, called the Manipura Chakra in Sanskrit,
and this chakra is responsible for not just providing the
body with the physical energy it needs, but is also
responsible for your willpower and strength of character.
Yoga abdominal exercises work on many dimensions of your
being.