Yoga is so healthy. Inversions are so beneficial & should be incorporated into your yoga practice. Here are some of my favorite inversions:
Salamba Sarvangasana (shoulder stand pose) 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
- Improves digestion
- Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause
- Reduces fatigue and alleviates insomnia
- Therapeutic for asthma, infertility, and sinusitis
Karnapidasana (ear pressure pose) Benefits:
- This is a soothing fetal position that offers deeper spinal flexion and a more intense stretch of the hips.
- This also lends a great internal abdominal massage to the organs.
- Calms the brain
- Stretches the shoulders and spine
- Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause
- Reduces stress and fatigue
- Therapeutic for backache, headache, infertility, insomnia, sinusitis
- Energizer
- It also stimulates the internal abdominal organs (helping aid digestion), thyroid, and prostate glands.
- This pose tones the thighs, buttocks, and hips while stretching the shoulders and neck.
- Alleviates: insomnia, fatigue, and negative symptoms of menopause.
- This pose may prove helpful against sinus problems (including asthma), headache, and infertility.
Salamba Sirasana (supported headstand) Benefits:
- Calms the brain and helps relieve stress and mild depression
- Stimulates the pituitary and pineal glands
- Strengthens the arms, legs, and spine
- Strengthens the lungs
- Tones the abdominal organs
- Improves digestion
- Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause
- Therapeutic for asthma, infertility, insomnia, and sinusitis
