How To Get Rid Of Bloating Quickly (Bloating Relief Stretches)

There is, in fact, relief that’s quicker than waiting for it to resolve itself:

Movements that help

There’s a lot that can be released, and here’s how:

1. Getting started: lie on your back with your knees bent, place one hand on your belly, and breathe gently into your belly, to calm your nervous system and thus ease the sensations of bloating.
2. Cat/cow: come onto all fours, inhale as you lift your chest and tailbone, and exhale as you round through your spine, to mobilize your back and massage your organs.
3. Thread the needle: reach one arm under your body and lower your shoulder to the floor, then switch sides, to create a gentle twist through your spine and upper back.
4. Child’s pose: lower your hips back and rest as you take slow, steady breaths, to encourage relaxation and digestion.
5. Child’s pose to cobra: inhale in child’s pose, then exhale and slide forwards into a gentle cobra, to open your chest and stimulate your abdominal area.
6. Cross-body stretch: lie on your back, pull one knee in, and guide it across your body into a soft twist before changing sides, to support gut peristalsis.
7. Abdominal massage: place your feet on the floor with your knees bent, and massage your belly in slow clockwise circles as you breathe.
8. Knees to chest: draw both knees towards your chest, to create gentle (!) compression through your belly, and thus support digestion.
9. Child’s pose with a cushion: place a cushion or folded blanket between your thighs and your belly and rest in child’s pose, to release any remaining tension and deeply relax.

For more on all of this plus visual demonstrations, enjoy:

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