Shirshapadasana Head-feet-balance Posture Yoga Asanas Mudra Benefits How to do Practice Yogic History Poses Beginners

Shirshapadasana (Head-feet-balance Posture)

First lie down on your back. Raise the knees about a foot from the ground. Join the hands across the chest holding the elbows. While inhaling, raise the whole body in the from of a semi-circle, resting only on the head and feet. Bear in mind that while resting on the head, the weight is taken by the forehead and not the cranium. Now return to the rest position, exhaling.

Benefits:-This posture should be performed only after the Shoulderstand because the throat and neck regions are exercised in the opposite direction. This posture, like the Shoulder-stand, also exercises all the neck muscles as well as thyroid and para-thyroid glands. There are four para-thyroid glands which are on the sides of the cervical adenitis. These glands are important for the growth of the body. When the ’Manya Nadi’, attached to these glands, gets swollen, one gets tubercular adenitis. This disease in its acute form makes breathing difficult and the only alternative is surgery. This posture exercises these glands and the swelling is dissipated in the course of time. To cure this disease, Shoulder-stand and Neck-revolving posture are especially helpful. Practice of Gajakarani or Kunjarkriya on every alternate days is an additional help. Relief will be felt only in a matter of days.