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The Shoulder Stand Pose : Sarvangasana

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Sarvagasana is also known as "Whole Body Posture." Performing Sarvangasana benefits all body parts hence it is named as Sarva (whole) + Anaga (Body) + Asana (Posture). As posture is performed standing on your shoulder, Hence it also called as "Shoulder Stand pose".

Steps to Perform the Shoulder Stand Pose : 

* Lie flat on your back in corpse pose i.e. shavasana. 
* Take a deep breath through your nostrils. Place your hand palms facing down the floor. Keep the hips on the floor, bend the knees and bring them up towards your belly while exhaling.
* Slowly inhale through both nostrils pressing down on the both hands and lift the torso from the waist up off the floor and arch the spine backwards, Straighten your arms. Keep hips on the floor. Then inhale.
* Now while exhaling, raise your leg and try to straight up in perpendicular position to floor. Support your legs by both hands if you are new to pose otherwise you can keep hands flat on floor.
* Legs in air should be straight and closed together. Toes should point towards sky and keep your head straight and press chin on your chest.
* Take breathe gently while in posture.
* Follow reverse procedure to return to corpse position.


Ideal Duration to Perform Shoulder Stand Pose : 

The Stand Shoulder Pose should be held for 2 minutes to 5 minutes. Always remember keep your comfort at most priority while performing any yoga asanas (postures). Repeat Stand Shoulder pose for 2 to 4 times every morning.

Benefits of performing Shoulder Stand Pose :

  • The Sarvangasana improves health of abdominal organs. Posture helps in constipation, piles and improves digestion power. Practicing Stand Shoulder pose boosts nervous system.
  • If you perform Stand Shoulder Pose in morning practice session of yoga fatigue caused by too much sleep is relieved. If you perform Stand Shoulder Pose in evening practice session of yoga promote sound and restful sleep.
  • It helps in relieving lower back pain.
  • It strengthens back and spine.
  • Nasal congestion, Migraine pain and headache are healed due to increased flow of blood to upper parts of body which includes mainly brain, heart.
  • All body system i.e. digestive system, immune system, Nervous system and endocrine system are invigorated.

Warning:

Pregnant woman should not do Stand Shoulder Pose.

Women should not perform Stand Shoulder pose during menstruation.
Saliva should not be swallowed while practicing Stand Shoulder Pose.
If you wish to sneeze, cough while practicing Stand Shoulder Posture then you must do so only after you bring down your legs. If do not follow this instruction your chest and neck will get slight pain.
The Shoulder Stand Pose should be practiced only on empty stomach. Empty stomach means before taking tea, coffee, water or juice in morning.
After performing Shoulder Stand Pose, you should take breakfast after a gap of 20 minutes.

Why should you practice this pose every day?

Inversion of body from neck up increases the venous blood flow to heart. Hence relaxes heart, brain and eyes and creates clarity to the eyesight.

Shoulder pose brings balance in the hormone secretion of thyroid glands in neck, thus improving flexibility.
Stand shoulder pose soothes the nervous system and hence relives high blood pressure, stress, tension and temper.
Stand Shoulder Pose increases metabolism. It is for health of spleen, liver and pancreas of your abdominal system.

 
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