Sarvangasana
Shoulder Stand · సర్వాంగాసనం
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Advanced Inversions · తలక్రిందుల ఆసనాలు
⏱ Hold / repeat: 30 seconds–2 minutes · 👧 not for children · 👵 seniors: choose an easier version
Advanced practice: learn it with a qualified yoga teacher, not from a page.
How to do it
- Lie on the back with folded blankets under the shoulders (head on the floor).
- Bring the knees to the chest and lift the hips, hands supporting the back.
- Straighten the legs up; keep the weight on the shoulders, not the neck.
- Never turn the head; come down slowly, rolling down the spine.
🌬️ Breathing: Steady breathing.
✅ Benefits
- Classic inversion for experienced practitioners
❌ Common mistakes
- Weight on the neck
- Turning the head
⚠️ Avoid it, or take care, if
- Neck or shoulder injury
- High blood pressure, heart conditions, glaucoma
- Pregnancy and menstruation (if uncomfortable)
- Learn only with a qualified teacher
🪑 Easier versions
- Viparita Karani
Stop at once with chest pain, faintness, severe breathlessness or sharp pain. Emergency: 108 / 112. Educational content, not medical advice.
More Inversions
Yoga supports well-being; it does not diagnose or treat disease. If you have a health condition, are pregnant or have had surgery, ask your doctor first. Advanced poses (headstand, shoulder stand, plough, wheel, crow, lotus) need a qualified teacher.
