| How To Do The Yoga Shoulder-Stand (Part 1) | | | | confidence. |
| Well, I don't know about you, but anyone who | | | | 2. In addition, the abdominal organs, liver, spleen, |
| basically had time to just be a kid and explore one's | | | | stomach, kidneys and pancreas receive a powerful |
| own body must have executed this pose albeit | | | | massage helping them work better. |
| unconsciously at some point in their lives. | | | | 3. In Sanskrit, Sarvanga means all parts so as the |
| That pose is the Shoulderstand. | | | | name suggests, it affects all the bodily organs. By |
| Suffice it to say that the Shoulder Stand (known in | | | | pressing the chin-lock, it stimulates the thyroid gland, |
| Sanskrit as Savangasana) is my recommended | | | | balancing the circulatory, digestive, nervous, |
| favorite of the inverted poses,one that I emphasize | | | | reproductive and endocrine systems. |
| even more so than the Headstand you might be | | | | 4. It tranquilizes the mind, alleviates stress and |
| familiar with as they share almost if not all the same | | | | psychological disturbances. It is indeed a panacea, a |
| benefits without the fear of standing on your head! | | | | cure all. |
| According to research on the use of inversiosn, such | | | | 5. It checks quick ossification of the bones, that |
| poses reverse the action of gravity on the body. | | | | being bone skeletal degeneration. |
| Instead of everything being pulled towards the feet, | | | | It is noteworthy of mention that the great Swami |
| the orientation shifts towards the head. On emotional | | | | Sivananda has said "The Practitioner of Savangasana |
| levels the Shoulder Stand turns everything upside | | | | is very nimble, agile and full of energy. |
| down throwing a new light on old patterns of | | | | Obesity and corpulence are alleviated by this asana |
| behavior. | | | | as well as constipation and enlargement of the liver |
| Here Are Some Benefits The Shoulder-Stand | | | | and the spleen. |
| 1. It improves health, reduces stress and anxiety and | | | | I will go over the execution of the pose and its |
| increases mental power and also increases self | | | | counterposes in the next part of this article. |