Doing handstand yoga is good for the human body. Do you know how to practice handstand yoga well? Do you know the real benefits of yoga handstand? Let's have a good look with Bian Xiao!
Head-up yoga
1. Kneel with your knees together. Put your hands in front, cross your fingers, and open your elbows shoulder width, so that your arms and fingers are locked to form a triangle and firmly fixed on the ground.
2. Put your head in a triangle. The center of the head is on the ground, the back of the head is attached to the palm of your hand, and your eyes should be able to look directly at the things under your feet. No matter how far you see your upper body or the ground, it means that you don't put your head center on the ground. After that, wrap your head with your palm, slowly straighten your knees and raise your hips.
3. Feet are completely straight and toes only touch the ground. Slowly move your feet close to your head until your torso and waist are vertical.
4. Firmly fix the head and elbows. Tighten your abdominal muscles and push your hips back. Exhale, slowly lift your feet until your thighs are level, your knees are bent, your thigh muscles are tightened, and your feet are together. Keep this action for at least 20 seconds and keep breathing naturally. If you can finish it easily, then continue with the following steps.
5. Inhale, slowly straighten your feet and lift your toes. Continue to tighten the abdominal and thigh muscles, and stretch your feet together to make the whole body into a vertical line. Don't lean left or right or back and forth. Beginners keep this posture 1 minute, and then slowly increase it to 3 to 5 minutes or more.
Benefits of yoga handstand
1, make brain cells full of vitality and become strong, thus increasing mental ability and alertness. Increased blood flow to the brain is beneficial to the pineal gland and pituitary gland. It will also eliminate the symptoms of insomnia and memory loss.
2. It also makes eyes, scalp, tissues and muscles full of vitality and prevents arteriosclerosis; Enhance the healthy beauty of skin color; Helps prevent hair loss and baldness, and prevents hearing loss.
3. The internal organs also got much-needed rest. It can also enhance the function of both lungs and help to prevent and treat colds, coughs, tonsillitis and bad breath. Stimulate scalp, hair care and hairdressing; Protect your eyesight.
4, handstand also makes the body warmer, which helps to eliminate constipation and cure hemorrhoids. This posture makes the blood vessels in both legs rest, which is beneficial to the treatment of varicose veins. Inverted head is also the best way to cure hiccups.
Matters needing attention in yoga headstand
People with high blood pressure, heart disease, retinal detachment, cervical and spinal deformities, and menstruating women should avoid doing handstands. But doing it immediately after menstruation helps to balance hormone secretion.
People with low blood pressure should not do this position in the first place.
Please don't move your head at will, or you will easily sprain your cervical vertebra. This position is best performed under the guidance of a yoga instructor. After the handstand, please do the "children's posture" as a rest posture immediately. Novices can rest for a long time, so that the brain and heart are in a horizontal position and blood pressure returns to normal.