SarvangasanaFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchinvertedpostureinhathayogaSarvangasanaThisarticlecontainsIndictext.Withoutproperrenderingsupport,youmayseequestionmarksorboxes,misplacedvowelsormissingconjunctsinsteadofIndictext.Sarvangasana(Sanskrit:सर्वाङ्गासन;IAST:sarvāṅgāsana),Shoulderstand,ormorefullySalambaSarvangasana(SupportedShoulderstand),[1]isaninvertedasanainmodernyogaasexercise;similarposeswereusedinmedievalhathayoga.Manynamedvariationsexist,includingwithlegsinlotuspositionandSuptaKonasanawithlegswideapart,toesontheground.Sarvaṅgāsanahasbeennicknamed"queen"or"mother"ofalltheasanas.[2][3][4]Contents1Etymologyandorigins2Description3Variations4Claims5Safety6Seealso7References8Sources9ExternallinksEtymologyandorigins[edit]ThemudraViparitaKaraniusesavarietyofinvertedposes,sometimessimilartothemodernSarvangasana.IllustratedmanuscriptoftheJogaPradipika,1830ThenamecomesfromtheSanskritसालम्बSalamba,"supported",सर्वाङ्गSarvāṅga,"alllimbs",i.e."thewholebody",[5]andआसनĀsana,"posture","position",or"seat".[6][7]ThenameSarvangasana[8]ismodern,butsimilarinvertedposeswereinuseinmedievalhathayogaasamudra,ViparitaKarani,whichisdocumentedinthe14thcenturyŚivaSaṃhitā4.45-47,[9]the15thcenturyHaṭhaYogaPradīpikā3.78-81,[9]the17thcenturyGheraṇḍaSaṃhitā3.33-35,[9]andothertexts.[10]Description[edit]Shoulderstandisenteredfromasupinepositionwiththekneesbent.Theshouldersmaybesupportedonfoldedblankets,andtheupperarmsmaybeheldinwithabeltjustabovetheelbows.Beginnersmayliftwithbentlegs,advanceduserswithstraightlegs.Thebackissupportedbythehands:onceup,thehandsreachlowerdownthetrunktowardsthehead,andthetrunkisliftedfurther;thelegsmaythenbestraightenedtoaverticalposition.[7]Variations[edit]TheposturemaybeenteredfromHalasana(plough),movingtoacycleofposessuchasKarnapidasana(earpressingpose)withthekneesbentclosetotheheadandgraspedbythearms;ortoParsvaHalasana(sidewaysplough)withthebodyvertical,thetrunktwistedtooneside,andlegsoutstraightwiththefeettouchingtheground(tothats