Sirsasana
Headstand · శీర్షాసనం
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Advanced Inversions · తలక్రిందుల ఆసనాలు
⏱ Hold / repeat: 10 seconds–1 minute (trained only) · 👧 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
- Practise only with a qualified teacher and near a wall.
- Interlace the fingers, forearms down, crown of the head on the mat cradled by the hands.
- Walk the feet in and lift the legs slowly with control; most weight on the forearms.
- Come down slowly and rest in Child’s pose.
🌬️ Breathing: Steady breathing.
✅ Benefits
- Advanced inversion for trained practitioners
❌ Common mistakes
- Jumping up
- Weight on the head and neck
⚠️ Avoid it, or take care, if
- Neck injury
- High blood pressure, heart conditions, glaucoma, retinal problems
- Pregnancy
- Children and beginners
🪑 Easier versions
- Dolphin pose
- Legs-up-the-wall
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.
