What is Shoulder Stand Pose (Sarvangasana) and its Benefits?

For yoga beginners, it seems challenging at first but the yoga pose is designed to meet your ability and according to your pace. Shoulder Stand Pose (Sarvangasana)  is the beginner level inverted yoga pose. When you start practice yoga in your daily life then you will able to adapt the challenging posture also. So, we will come to solve your problems with proper steps of instructions and with the benefits of the poses. Today we will discuss about the Shoulder Stand Pose (Sarvangasana). It is the full body workout and the best pose to start your yoga journey. Let’s explore more about this pose in this upcoming blog.

What is the Shoulder Stand Pose

Shoulder Stand Pose is also known as the Sarvangasana. It is the beginner level pose of inverted yoga pose series. By practicing this asana, it feel the lightness and sense of relaxation in the body. It contain all the benefits of Head Stand Pose but in easier way and safer to perform. It is the full body exercise that stimulates all the muscles of the body.

Sarvangasana come from the sanskrit phrase where, Sarv means, “whole”, Anga means, “body” and Asana means, “posture”. In this pose the whole body is balanced on the shoulders that helps to blood flow in opposite direction. it promotes the blood supply to face, scalp and brain.

How to Perform Sarvangasana?

This pose performed by empty stomach or 5 to 6 hours before eating. This asana should be better to perform early in the morning or in the evening.

Here is the step by step instruction of how to perform this asana:

1. To start this asana, Lie down on your back on the mat.
2. Keep your hands side of your body and feet together.
3. Now, bend the legs against the thigh and feet close to hips.
4. Slowly lift your legs, back, and buttocks together and support your back with your hands.
5. Raise your body off the ground vertically with the support of hands. In such a way that your fingers should be under the hips and thumb above.
6. Maintain the position as long as possible. Gently breath and try to balance your body.
7. Now, gradually release the posture by lowering your hips with supported by the hands.
8. Take deep breath and relax for few seconds.

What is the Benefits Shoulder Stand Pose (Sarvangasana)?

By performing this pose, blood flow backwards and benefits people with low blood pressure and reduces the respiratory issues by increasing the blood flow in the lungs. It also helps in achieving better posture and balance.

Let us discuss about the benefits of Shoulder Stand Pose (Sarvangasana):

• Strength and Flexibility: This pose helps to stretches the muscles of the spine, back, hips, legs, and the whole body. It improves the strength and flexibility of the body.
• Lungs Capacity: As this pose improves the blood supply to the lungs, the lower part of the lungs becomes stronger and more efficient. So, it improves the capacity of the lungs.
• Respiratory Problems: This asana helps to curing the asthma, sinusitis, and other respiratory problems. Toxins from the respiratory systems are removed by performing this asana, resulting in more oxygen supply to the organs.
• Reproductive Health: This pose helps to relieve the symptoms of menopause. It improves the reproductive health and also helps to relax the mood swings. It enhances the blood supply to the brain and hormonal glands increases.
• Digestive Health: Proper blood flow in the stomach by the inverted pose. It also enhances the digestion process and improve the gut health.
• Weight Loss Management: By practicing this asana in daily routine helps to manage the weight. It tones the shape of the body.
• Blood Sugar Level: The shoulder stand benefits people with diabetes. It regulates blood sugar levels and manages insulin production.
• Mental Health: It promotes the good sleep and release the happy hormones in the body. This is beneficial pose for our overall mental health.
• Boost Immunity: It balances the circulatory, digestive, reproductive, and nervous systems of the body. Thus, they have a positive impact on the overall health of the body.
• Benefits for Hair: This pose promotes the blood flow in the scalp. It helps to promote hair growth, reduce hair fall and provide nourishment to hair follicles.

contraindication of Shoulder Stand Pose:

• Anyone with high blood pressure, heart conditions, inflammation of the ear, weak eye capillaries, and severe near-sightedness should avoid the asana.
• Those with problems in the pituitary or thyroid glands, arteriosclerosis, cerebral or other thrombosis, severe asthma, tuberculosis, cold or sinusitis should also avoid doing this posture.