Yoga and Meditation for Lowering Creatinine: Techniques and Benefits

Yoga has been the talk of the town over the past few years, and why not? This ancient Indian health and wellness practice has shown exceptional results against almost every disease. The same is true for kidney diseases. In fact, in the last few years, yoga and meditation for lowering creatinine has caught the attention of everyone, as it has been proven that yoga actually helps in lowering creatinine and maintaining good kidney health.

Yoga for Lowering Creatinine

Kidney dysfunctions and chronic kidney disorders often lead to a higher creatinine level in the body. It is, therefore, vital that you keep your kidneys in good health so that your creatinine levels remain normal. Yoga has multiple asanas that promote good kidney health, which would eventually help you lower your creatinine levels. Some of the best yoga asanas are:

Paschimottasnana

How to Do: Paschimottasnana is one of the best yoga for lowering creatinine. Start in Dandasana, with your legs stretched forward and your ankles together. Then bend a bit at your knees, keeping your legs straight all this time. Then, extend your arms upward with your spine straight. With a deep exhale, empty your stomach. Now, bend forward at the hips and slowly bring your upper body onto your lower body. Be sure to keep the gap between your stomach and knees to the minimum, with your back straight. Slowly lower your arms and grip or touch your big toes with your fingers. If possible, touch your knees with the nose and your stomach on your thighs. Remain in this pose for some time.

Major Benefits:

• Improves digestion and relieves constipation.
• Tones the abdominal and pelvic organs.
• Helps in balancing menstrual cycles.
• Promotes relaxation by calming down the brain.
• It relieves stress, mild depression, and fatigue.
• Has a stimulating effect on the liver, kidneys, ovaries, and uterus.

Dhanurasana or Bow Pose:

How to Do: Lie down on your stomach with your body completely relaxed. Slowly bend your knees and hold your ankles with your palms. Make sure the grip is strong. Now lift your legs and arms as high as possible without straining yourself too much. Now look up and hold the pose for a while.

Major Benefits:

• Opens up the shoulders.
• Helps in burning abdominal fat.
• Improves flexibility in the back.
• Improves the blood flow to the kidneys

Chakrasana, Wheel Pose:

How to Do: Lie down on your back with your body completely relaxed. Bend your legs at the knees with both of your feet. Bend your arms at the elbows with your palms facing upwards. Slowly rotate your arms at the shoulders and place your palms on the floor on either side beside your head. With a deep inhale, put pressure on your palms and legs and lift your entire body so that it forms an arch. Look back with your neck relaxed as your head slowly falls towards the backside. Be sure to distribute the entire body weight on your palms and legs. Maintain this pose for 5–10 seconds.

Major Benefits:

• Improves lung capacity by expanding the chest.
• Has a stimulating effect on the endocrine glands, thus boosting the metabolism of the body.
• Stimulates the liver, spleen, and kidneys.
• It boosts blood purification and circulation.

Salamba Bhujangasana, or Sphinx Pose

How to Do: Lay a yoga mat on the ground and lie on it with your stomach touching the ground. Slowly lift your hand with your chin placed on the floor. Slowly lift your arms and bring them beside your head with your elbows and arms straight. Inhale, press down on your forearms, and lift your chin and upper body off the ground. Slowly stretch your legs outward and take a deep breath. Try to remain in this pose for 10 seconds. Then, slowly bring your upper body down to the ground and rest your head on the ground.

Major benefits:

• Spine strengthening
• Stimulating internal organs
• An improved endocrine function
• Improves digestion

Setu Bandhasana, or Bridge Pose

How to Do: Lie down with your body completely relaxed. Slowly fold your knees and place them firmly on the mat with some distance between both of your feet. With your arms relaxed, place them on either side of your upper body. With a deep breath, slowly lift your lower and middle back and torso off the ground. Try to roll your shoulders gradually to support your body and bring your chin towards the chest. Make sure your feet are firmly planted on the ground. Hold this pose for 10 seconds.

Major Benefits:

• Enhances the blood circulation, resulting in improved functioning of the kidneys.
• Strengthens the back muscles.

Shashankasana, or Hare Pose

How to Do: Start with Vajrasana. With a deep breath, raise your arms right above your head and stretch them. As you exhale, fold your torso from the hips and give it a forward bend. If possible, try to make either your nose or chin touch the ground. Remain in this pose for 10 seconds. However, if you have knee issues, refrain from doing this asana.

Main Benefits:

• Tones pelvic muscles
• Relieves constipation
• It gives a boost to your kidney functions.

Pawanmuktasana, or Wind Release Pose

How to Do: Lie down on the yoga mat with your body completely relaxed. As you inhale, fold and bring your right knee toward your chest. Do the same with your left leg. Now, put both of your hands around the front of the legs. As you exhale, gradually lift your head and chest off the ground. Touch the folded knees with your chin, if it is possible for you. Take 4–5 deep breaths while remaining in this pose.

Major benefits:

• Strengthens kidney functions
• Relieves flatulence

Mandukasana, or Frog Posture

How to Do: Start in a tabletop position on a yoga mat. Keep your hands and knees firmly on the ground so that your body is well-stabilized. Keep your arms in a straight line with your shoulders and simultaneously bring your knees below the hips. Now, move both of your knees towards the outside with your feet in a straight line and your hips in an open position. Keep your elbows and forearms on the ground so that your body’s posture resembles that of a frog. Keep yourself still in this position for 10 seconds. As you exhale, extend your abdomen and return to the initial position.

Major Benefits:

• Tones abdominal muscles
• Keeps a check on diabetes
• Improved kidney functions
• Stretches back muscles.

Meditation

Yoga and meditation for lowering creatinine make use of deep breathing exercises to manage stress levels in creatinine patients. When you are stressed, your body releases a hormone called cortisol. This hormone can lead to cardiovascular diseases, high blood pressure, etc. Plus, our body’s immunity is also negatively impacted by this stress hormone. It is vital, therefore, to manage your stress levels. Pranayama, anulom-vilom, deep breathing, and meditation are particularly useful in keeping our bodies relaxed. Just sit comfortably on a mat, close your eyes, focus on the area between the eyes, and meditate. Try to keep your mind still and avoid thinking about anything during meditation. Start with one minute and eventually extend the meditation period to five minutes.

Yoga and meditation for lowering creatinine have proved quite fruitful in improving kidney functions, which eventually lead to a normalized creatinine value. However, some of these asanas could be difficult for a beginner. It is always a good idea to do the asanas under the guidance of a yoga teacher.

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