Supported Shoulder Stand - Salamba Sarvangasana

Try out this Asana with me?, Health Challenge Invite, S?lamba Sarv??g?sana

STEPS :

1. Start on your back with your knees pulled in toward your chest.
2. Plant your hands flat down next to your hips.
3. Straighten your legs upward, then push down through your hands to lift your hips up, bringing your legs over your head.
4. Once your toes touch the ground, inch your shoulders one by one to rise up high onto the tips of your shoulders.
5. Place the palms of your hands as high as you can on the bottom part of your back ribs.
6. Squeeze your elbows in and make sure they are no wider than your shoulders.
7. Lengthen your neck and make sure not to turn your head at all while in this position.
8. Lift one leg up, and then the other. Lengthen from the elbows all the way up through the tips of your toes as you point them.
9. Squeeze your feet together, firm your inner thighs, and draw your navel and ribs inward.

Benefits

• Calms the brain and helps relieve stress and mild depression.
• Stimulates the thyroid and prostate glands and abdominal organs.
• Stretches the shoulders and neck.
• Tones the legs and buttocks.
• Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause.
• Reduces fatigue and alleviates insomnia.

Who Can Do

Consult a doctor before beginning an exercise regime.