ToggleNavigationStylesAboutusPricingBlogLoginStartYourFreeTrialNowSvenskaSpanishYogaAsanasSirsasanaVariations-HeadstandPosePostedon2019-02-14YogateketShareCreatedbyYogateketHeadstandisaverytrickyasanathatyogis,especiallybeginners,shouldapproachwithcaution.Performingthisclassicyogaposerequiresyoutoplaceyourforearmsonthefloorandclaspthehandsbehindyourhead.Whenyou’restableorcomfortableenoughintheSirsasana(Headstand)pose,youcannowbeginlearningitsseverallegvariations.Thisnextlevelofpracticeenergizesandlengthensyourspine,properlypreparingyourbodyforforwardbendsandbackbends.YogispracticethewholeofthisclassintheHeadstandposition.So,getreadytoinvertandmovethroughaverydetailedsequencethatfocusesonEkaPadaandParivrttaEkaPadaSirsasana.Theemphasishereisonalignmentandprecision.SalambaSirsasanaI-SupportedHeadstandThisisavariationofthetraditionalHeadstand(Sirsasana).Theinversionshowscontrol,strength,andbeauty.ThenameSalambaSirsasanaIcomesfromtheSanskritwordsSalambawhichmeans“withsupport,”Sirsawhichmeans“head,”andasanawhichmeans“posture.”InEnglish,thisposeisalsocalledSupportedHeadstand.Toentertheasana:BeginintheArdhaPinchaMayurasana(alsocalledtheDolphinPose),thenbringyourpalmstotouchandinterlaceyourfingers.Restthecrownofyourheadonthematbetweenyourarms.Slowlymoveyourkneesclosertoyourtorso.Shiftyourbody’sweightfromthefeettoyourarmsasyourtorsoisverticallyaligned.Hugonekneetowardyourchestandseeifyoucanliftyourtoesontheextendedleg,thenrepeatontheotherside.Don'tjump,workoncontrolinstead. SalambaSirsasanaIactsasabuildingblocktowardsreachingthecompleteexpressionoftheSirsasanainversion. TheSupportedHeadstandhasthefollowingbenefits:Returnsbloodtoyourheartandbrain,therebyrefreshingyourcardiovascularandlymphaticsystems.Italsohasenergizingeffectsonyourentirebody.Ithelpsrelieveasthmaandmanageasthmaticsymptoms.ProvidesmentalclarityandrenewedenergyItcanalsohelpincreaseconcentrationandmemoryovertime.Itcanhelpredirectyoursexualenergytoahigherspiritualutilizationifyou’redoingitforreligiouspurposes.This