Thursday, May 14, 2009

Shirshasana ( Head Stand ) :: Yoga pose

Shirshasana ( Head Stand )

Along my way to achieve the perfectness in each Aasnas, I have decided to share my experiance and benifits of that pose with you guys.
Please make sure before trying any of these aasana you properly do your warm up and if you have any injuries do't even give a try :)


Some people may think what's there in the name of the Asana ?..
Trust me if you understand the real meaning of the Asana then it will be easier for you to perform and understand the benifits of the same.


Shirshasana || Shirsha - The meaning of Shirsha is Head. Assana - Stands for Pose. ||
This Asana is well know by the name Head stand.


You must have heard a story about diffrent kind of torture.
When I was growing up I heard many times that military/Polic use this technique of hanging upside down this is very similar to our head stand .
I really do't know the actal reason of using that technique but below is my guess about why they use it.
, which causes improved brain function (intelligence and memory) and increased vitality and confidence.
1. It circulation to the brain which causes improved brain function (intelligence and memory) and helps the truth come out.
2. If you are not yogi then It will make you uncomfortable and in return person will offer to break the silance and will get the sound sleep.

Bats are the only mammals which sleeps up side down. Only because their legs are not strong hence they can't stand on their legs that's why they use downward gravitational pull.




Below are some of the main benifits of Shirshasana.
1. Improves the brain function( Improved memory).
It's very obvious that if you do this pose because of gravitational force blood will flow towards your head.

2. Backpain
This Asana will make the spine allignmnet correct naturally if done correctly. Over long term it makes nervous system stronger.



There are lots of other benifits I will update this post with more benifits sometime.


There are diffrent variation of this pose the main concept stay the same.
I have been practising this Asana from last 10 days and I have reached to the level where I can stay in this pose comfortably for 10 min.

My Idea goal for this pose is to achive advance level in this pose where I can riase my head from the groud with the help of hand. ( I will be posting pic once I reach there !!! )
This Asana is also called as "Raja of the Asana" ( King of all poses) .
If you are new to this pose I would suggest to try Tripod first and slowly go towards Hand Stand. Take the support of wall if you need support but after 2-3 tries this pose will give you s much confidance that you will be able to do this with out any help.


Stay tunned for more Asana's!!