HALASANA POSE IN YOGA

Articles In This Section:

· BASICS OF ASANAS

· SETTING A TIME FOR YOGA

· %DEATH POSE IN YOGA

· RAISED LEGS POSTURE IN YOGA

· SIMPLE POSE IN YOGA

· PERFECT POSE IN YOGA

· BUDDHA POSE IN YOGA

· DIFFICULT POSTURES IN YOGA

· REVERSE POSTURE IN YOGA

· SUPINE POSE IN YOGA

· SHOULDER STAND IN YOGA

· ENTIRE BODY STRETCH IN YOGA

· STANDING POSITION IN YOGA

· STOMACH LIFT IN YOGA

· ABDOMINAL EXERCISE IN YOGA

· ARDJA-MATSYENDRASANA POSE IN YOGA

· TWISTING POSTURE POSE IN YOGA

· BOIV POSTURE IN YOGA

· COBRA POSE IN YOGA

· POSTERIOR STRETCH IN YOGA

· PLOUGH POSE IN YOGA

· HALASANA POSE IN YOGA

· HEADSTAND FOR YOGA GETTING READY

· NEXT STEP IN THE HEADSTAND POSE FOR YOGA

· HEADSTAND POSE FOR YOGA

· FINAL STEP FOR THE HEADSTAND POSE IN YOGA

Next slide your toes further away from your head, always remembering to keep the knees stiff. Feel the weight shift toward the top of the spine until it is supported mainly by the vertebrae of the neck. Hold this final position fifteen to twenty seconds, then gradually reverse your movements until you are again flat on your back. Relax and rest.

Remember to breathe deeply and regularly throughout this exercise. You will doubtless have difficulty at first in touching the floor with your toes unless you do bend your knees. Also, the palms of your hands will tend to lift off the floor. Try to keep them down. When you have perfected this asana, one performance of it daily, sustained for thirty seconds, is all you will need. The aim is a single prolonged stretch, not several repetitions, although repetition is what you will inevitably get at first.

Therapeutic Value: This asana stretches spine and abdominal muscles, helps circulation and thyroid action, and consequently helps prevent arthritis. It also continues the beneficial effects of Savasana.

22. Sirshasana, or The Headstand, traditionally associated with Yoga and second only to the Lotus or Buddha Pose in identifying the entire subject of Hatha Yoga in the Western mind. It is not nearly as difficult to do as people imagine, may be learned at any age and, once mastered, is wonderfully relaxing and all-inclusive. However, the student should proceed cautiously at first while learning it, since recklessness or impatience may cause injury.