How to practise Headstand (Salamaba Sirsasana) - Iyengar Yoga
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- How to practise Headstand (Salamaba Sirsasana) - In this tutorial we look at various ways of using props in order to help us to practise headstand. We go through the basics of the foundation of the pose along with how to use bricks / blocks, the wall, chairs and how to make your own headstand sticks.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:32 - foundation of the pose - how to set up the hands, wrists and arms
03:49 - defining the crown of the head
05:09 - what support to use under the head
05:51 - using 3 bricks (or 2 if you only have 2) to support the thoracic spine
11:47 - using 1 brick between thoracic spine and the wall
14:38 - using headstand sticks (and how to make them)
19:23 - headstand using the wall only (and possibly then taking feet off the wall) kicking up with one leg at a time
21:00 - taking both legs up together (with wall support)
22:27 - how long do we stay in headstand?
22:48 - using 2 chairs so the neck is free
25:19 - sequencing headstand and shoulder-stand in Iyengar yoga
25:48 - Viparita Karani - legs up the wall with bolster under the hips
27:31 - thanks for joining me
Happy practicing 😃
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Disclaimer: Please use caution throughout your activities including the use of all props and supports. There are risks associated with physical activity and it is your responsibility to ascertain there is no medical reason to prevent your participation, to monitor your own condition and not exceed your limits. If you engage in this exercise or exercise program, you agree that you do so at your own risk, are voluntarily participating in these activities, assume all risk of injury to yourself, and agree to release and discharge 'Heather Kitchen Yoga' of all liability.
So many ways of approaching Headstand. 😀
Yes absolutely😅❤
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I found this so easy to follow. The best headstand tutorial I've seen.
Great - so happy to hear that. Thanks for letting me know 😀🙏
Fantastic step by step explanation.
Thanks. Glad you appreciate the step by step explanations 😀🙏
Fantastic. Thank you
You're welcome 😀🙏
Awesome
Glad you liked it 🙏
So well explained Heather. Since you brought up sequencing, can you directly practise by starting with headstand and move to shoulder stand afterwards or is there anything pre headstand?
Thanks P 😀 It is possible to start your practise with headstand and in fact in the back of BKS Iyengar's book "Light on Yoga", he has 300 weeks worth of practice sequences to go through and the majority of these begin with headstand (ie no preparation). Some may say that is the 'old school' approach and these days we most often practice at least downward facing dog pose before our headstand. Happy practicing 🙏
Hello Heather! I’ve created a playlist of your tutorials into a sequence and it’s so amazing! While I have been able to get into sirsasana 2, I’ve been struggling with sirsasana 1. As I slowly lift my hips up to get into position at 8:10, my elbows start to lift too. I’ve been trying to troubleshoot this problem but to no avail…
Hi 😀 wow, that's great you've created a playlist. I'd be interested to know which videos you've put in your playlist and in what order. Have you created a full length class by adding some of these shorter videos together?
As for your elbows lifting, I wonder if it would be helpful to put a blanket underneath your elbows so they still have something to press into. Give that a go and let me know if it helps.