Yoga Lifestyle : Using the Flexitarian Method to Ease Stress, Find Balance, and Create a Healthy Life (9780738750521) by Hanoch Doron

Author:Hanoch, Doron
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: yoga, yoga lifestyle, yoga life style, the yoga life, the yoga life style, doran hanoch, doron hanoch, flexitarian, flexitarian lifestyle, flexitarian life style
Publisher: Llewellyn Pubns
Published: 2016-05-27T04:00:00+00:00

Figure 132, Fish Pose

Figure 133, Knees to the Chest Pose

Figure 134, Shoulder Stand Sequence Pose (left to right: salamba sarvangasana, halasana, karnapidasana, matsyasana, vayu muktyasana)

***Sirsasana (Headstand)

Headstand is practiced for grounding, inverting, gaining balance, and focus, and some yogis in India claim that this pose has many other health benefits. At times it is called king of poses. Avoid it if you have neck pain, and be careful if you have back pain (especially in the transitions), though it may actually be helpful to have the spine hanging upside down (consider an inversion therapy that does not have pressure on the head for releasing the back). (figs. 135–138)

Method of practice: Come to all fours and then lower down to your elbows. Hold opposite elbows with the hands. Keeping your elbows where they are, open up your hands and clasp them together, placing the outer edges of your hands on the mat.

Place the crown of the head onto the floor so that the back of the head is pressing against the hands. Press the elbows down and lift the shoulders up and away from your ears. Tuck the toes under and lift the knees, coming into downward dog with headstand variation. Walk the feet towards the head as far as you can. You will need to lift in the belly and extend the hips tall to keep from rolling over.

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