Agnisara asana, one of the cultural asanas, requires pushing the navel against the spine as many times as possible. This asana ensures curing of abdominal diseases, like gastric trouble, ulcers and so on. This asana can be practised either in the position of Uddiyana or in Padmasana or also in any sitting posture in which the individual can remain steady.

Practice of Agnisara Asana
* One should stand erect and make a distance of 1-1/2 feet between legs and place both hands on respective knees.

* Then slowly one should exhale completely. As the person shall retain his breath out in Uddiyana, he has to follow the similar pattern in this case as well.

* Next, the stomach, which has gone in due to complete exhalation, the person has to try to blow it out like a balloon, without inhaling, thus maintaining this for two seconds.

* Again, the stomach has to be taken in and again blown out. This has to be done for 4 to 6 times.

* 5. Now one has to inhale. This forms one complete round of Agnisara asana. This can be practised for four or five times.

One should practice Agnisara asana only in empty stomach and never execute it at least for four hours after meal.

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