O yeah, my favourite asana, to me this is convenient, if I don’t have time, if I don’t have enough sleep, if I feel sad, i will just do it for 10 minutes, sometimes 15 minutes, everything will feel better after that
Repost from @day1yoga May 16 2019
Day 4 #Sirsasana
✋Ok let’s start to turn these lessons upside down. Today we will do SIrsasana or headstand. Many people practice headstand and yet still
find it a bit scary or a bit elusive. Now is your chance to incorporate the work you’ve been doing into something that gets you literally upside down but also is common enough that it won’t completely freak you out. 😅
✋ Headstand requires the same scapular depression and protraction that I have been preaching the past 3 days. You’ll notice especially if you are on the right or new side to yoga asanas, that your shoulders may want to hunch or elevate towards your ears as you walk your feet towards your face. But if you do that you will somersault over and squish your fingers 😅. No one wants this. So you must learn to depress your scapula and engage the lats (not the traps!), maybe near a wall but not on top of it (give yourself a little wiggle room- to see how you do free balancing on your own. If you completely rely on the wall, you may allow some bad habits like scapular elevation to creep in and set! Don’t do this!
✋Lastly you can play with longer hold on this one. 1 min up to 5 min hold if you’re experienced. I promise you’ll feel that too! And you can also play with how much weight bearing your head will actually do. I’d say about 2/3 arms and 1/3 head is average. But if you’re new, maybe try to keep 80/90 % of the weight in your arms. If your more experienced you can play with 80/90% of the weight in your head! 😅 yes believe it or not- crazy advanced yogis out there can do unsupported headstands ! 100% head bearing the weight. Though not recommended for this challenge or on your own or for new practitioners. But something to be inspired by!
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