Health Benefits of Headstands Yoga Pose [Sirsasana]
Benefits of Headstand Yoga Pose 1. Provides Great relaxation from Stress 2. Helps to Increase Focus 3. Helps to increase Flow of Blood to the Head and Scalp 4. Helps in Strengthening Shoulders And Arms 5. Helps to Improve Digestion 6. Helps to clear the Adrenal Glands 7. Helps in developing the Blood Flow to the Eyes 8. Helps to decrease the Fluid Build-Up in Legs, Ankles and Feet 9. Helps in developing the Strength in the Core Muscles
1 - Provides Great Relaxation from Stress
Headstand is considered as a good stress reliever. The combination of long and slow breathing under this posture is a good recipe for the stress relief.
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2 - Helps to Increase Focus
Headstands improves the function of the brain and increases the sense to focus.
This posture helps in reducing the feeling of fear or worry and improves your ability to keep your mind sharp and active. Image Ref: Margieulbrickcounselling
3 - Helps to Increase Flow of Blood to the Head and Scalp
This posture leads to optimize the flow of nutrients in your head and scalp. A regular headstand practice will give you a more luscious head of hair.
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4 - Helps in Strengthening Shoulders and Arms
• Headstand increases the upper body strength and muscular stamina.
5 - Helps to Improve Digestion
• This posture helps to remove the stuck material from your body and improve the flow of blood to all the important digestive organs. • It increases the absorption of the nutrient and deliver to your cells.
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6 - Helps to clear the Adrenal Glands
• In the headstand posture, you need to go upside-down that will squeeze your adrenal glands. These glands are liable for the creation of stress hormones in our body. So, as much as cleaner the adrenal glands, more effectively they will work.
7 - Helps in Developing the Blood Flow to the Eyes
• In the position of flip over, extra oxygen and nutrient rich blood are transferred to the head. • This leads to more flow of blood to your eyes and prevent the macular degeneration as well as other eye problems.
8 - Helps to Decrease the Fluid Build-Up in Legs, Ankles and Feet
• The extra built up water of the legs will be clear out by the reversing effect of the gravity on the bodily fluids. • It also relieves from the uncomfortable situation of the Edema. Edema in the legs will not work properly, if you have to spend long hours on your feet.
9 - Helps in Developing the Strength in the Core Muscles
• In this headstand pose, you need to hold your legs up and make a balance for performing this pose which highly depends on your core strength. So, it is essential to have a strong core that makes you more durable and you will be less prone to the various injuries, that’s why this pose is considered as a major core workout.S
10 - It Stimulates the Lymphatic System
• The lymph system is considered as a garbage dump system because the network of nodes and fluids help to eliminate the waste products from your blood. In this pose, while you flip onto your head, it will directly stimulate your lymphatic system and thus it will help to remove the toxins from your body.
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