Posts Tagged ‘headstand’

Day 13 – Headstand & Shoulderstand

January 11, 2011 ( Categories Lesson Plans, Yoga | Tags: , , , , , )

Inversions reverse the flow of gravity and are known as “the elixir of youth”. Headstand (Salamba Sirsasana) is a stimulatory inversion also known as the king of yoga postures, whilst shoulderstand (Salamba Sarvangasana) is the queen Emotionally, they turn everything upside down and throw new light on old behavioural patterns and ways of thinking. They [...]


Turn your World Upside Down with Inversions

March 13, 2010 ( Categories Yoga | Tags: , , , , , , , , )

Inverted postures are a very special family of asanas known as the “elixir of youth” as they reverse the effects of gravity on the body. There is a reason kids like to stand upside down and see the world from this different perspective! Postures such as Sarvangasana (Shoulder Stand), Sirsasana (Head Stand) and Halasana (Plow [...]