Headstand is the king of yoga asanas. It has many benefits on our body and mind. As we go anti gravity and balance the body, we balance the breath, the internal movements and increase the circulation to our brain. Headstand affects almost every system in our body. It helps in revitalizing the nervous system by increasing the circulation, helps in clearing out blockages of digestive systems and cardiovascular system. The reproductive system is highly affected by this asana as it helps in making way the fluid flow in our body. The increased circulation on face acts like an anti-ageing miracle. What more shisrshasana is one asana that affects the entire hormonal system of our body, thus helping in regulation of mental and physical change.

Shirshasana Step Wise

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Let’s learn how to proceed for a shirshasana or the headstand.

1. If you are a beginner, always do the shirshasana at a corner of a room, so you can take a good support of the wall.
2. Always do some body stretches before proceeding for an advance posture like shirshasana.
3. Facing the head closer to the wall, come in the cat pose. For that keep your knees and palms on the mat.
4. Now slowly place your elbows on the mat. Adjust the distance between your elbows so you can easily hold your elbows with your opposite hand.
5. Now interlock the palms together with a good grip. Slowly raise the hips up and take your head down. While doing so raise your knees up and straight.
6. Place the head down so you touch half of the head on palms and half on the mat.
7. Now slowly walk forward towards the head maximum. Squeeze the abdomen here to make way.
8. Slowly bend the knees and thrust the hip towards the wall to lift your legs up. The knees are bent and the feet are up. Stay here half way in the Dolphin pose. Balance here with long deep breathing.
9. Slowly balance the weight on the head and elbows raise the legs up inhaling deep. Place the feet on the wall for support. Stay there with long deep breaths. Holding shirshasana for long really increases the benefit
10. Return to normal posture very carefully. First fold your knees and try to return to dolphin pose. If not bend the knees and keep the leg one by one down
11. After shirshasana lie down in shavasana till the body flows inside you start regulating. You will get to know yourself when to get up. Doing antar yatra after shirshasana is an excellent practice which you can follow.

How to Do Bhujangasana?

Bhujangasana is another asana in yoga that is inspired from nature. Bhujang is another name of Cobra in Sanskrit. This asana is a primary asana and is included in the full body workout of Suryanamaskar. The asana gets inspiration from snake who have amazing flexibility and movement of neck. Posing like snake in cobra pose helps the body in many different ways. It is boon for people with back pain, frozen shoulders and neck pain.

1. Lie down on your stomach.
2. Keep the palms underneath the shoulders, so your elbows are up or just against the chest.
3. Now inhale and push your chest forward, shoulders down and bend your elbows close to the rib cage.
4. Check your shoulders. They should not be near your ears. Push them down by bending the elbows more.
5. Put the weight on the palms and push yourself event more.
6. In case of back pain don’t keep the feet together. Keep your naval down in this case.
7. If possible, keep the heels and toes together
8. Push your chin up and look up stretching the neck.

Benefits:

1. Bhujangasana helps in making your lower back healthy.
2. It also opens the shoulders and chest improving your posture.
3. Thyroid gland is also activated during the asana.
4. Helps in regulating the thyroid gland
5. Tightens the loose fat on the belly
6. Removes double chin
7. Helps in relieving frozen shoulder problems