SALAMBA SIRSASANA :-

SALAMBA SIRSASANA :-

Beginner's Tip· Balance in this pose is difficult at first. Perform Sirsasana against a wall. If possible, do the pose in the corner of a room, so that the right-angled walls touch your shoulders, hips, and outer heels. Initially use an assistant to help raise the legs off the floor. Follow steps one and two above. Once the body is positioned perpendicular to the floor, rest the hips against the wall and swing one bent leg up at a time, bringing each foot to rest on the wall above the buttocks. Lengthen the torso in this position, pressing the elbows to the floor. Straighten the legs one at a time, resting the hips, legs and heels against the wall. With practice over time bring the hips away from the wall. · Beginners tend to take too much weight onto the neck and head when coming into and exiting this pose, a potentially harmful situation.

Benefits• Calms the brain and helps relieve stress and mild depression• Stimulates the pituitary and pineal glands• Strengthens the arms, legs, and spine and lungs• Tones the abdominal organs; Improves digestion• Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause· Helps cure halitosis· Increases the hemoglobin content in the blood• Therapeutic for asthma, infertility, insomnia, and sinusitis
Contraindications/Cautions• Sirsasana is considered to be an intermediate to advanced pose. Do not perform this pose without sufficient prior experience or unless with the supervision of an experienced teacher. • Back injury
• Headache• Heart condition• High blood pressure• Menstruation• Neck injury• Low blood pressure: Don't start practice with this pose• Pregnancy: If experienced with this pose, one can continue to practice it late into pregnancy. Don't take up the practice of Sirsasana after you become pregnant.