Why eating food by sitting cross-legged on the floor would be tremendous for health?
Posted on: 07/Sep/2022 7:01:17 PM
Many habits that were once followed by the people have gone now. One important good habit that many do not follow these days is eating food by sitting on the floor in a cross legged position. It is now mentioned by many experts that this old habit must be followed without fail as it would provide us with superb health benefits. Eating food in sukhasana pose or sitting on the floor in a cross legged position would be superb for digestive health.
This easy pose or sukhasana would put both mind as well as body at ease. It is important to note here that when the brain is calm then it would be able to focus better on the food. This would help the body in digestion and assimilating the nutrients.
It was explained by Dr. Dimple, Ayurveda and gut health expert that by sitting on the floor in the cross-legged position, then there would be no movement of the lower limbs. By this, the brain would be ready and tuned to receive signals from the 5 sensory organs. Truth is that messages would be sent to the stomach regarding what type of digestive juices to prepare in advance.
As the lower portions of the body are in resting phase, then the pressure on the heart would get lowered to pump to those parts in resting phase. There would be superb blood flow in the abdominal parts. Holistic life coach and health adviser Kashmira Shah mentioned that more blood circulation in the abdominal parts would aid in better digestion. She threw light on how this would lead to mindfulness and as a result how binge eating would be reduced.
The process of eating would get slowed down when we eat while sitting in a cross-legged position on the floor and this would give the brain enough time for the brain to understand the signals from the vagus nerve. Truth is that it would prevent overeating. By eating food in sukhasana pose we would be able to maintain a neutral spine and would sit in a more upright manner. Our posture would become better.
This sukhasana pose would squeeze the muscles of stomach, liver and gallbladder etc and make them secrete the required amounts of digestive juices. Pelvic regions would get strengthened well. It was also brought out that eating food by sitting in a cross-legged position would also make the family bond better.
