How to do Handstand (Adho Mukha Vrikshasana) and Its Benefits and Preacutions, Contraindications.
The Handstand has become quite popular for onlookers today. If one can do this pose, they are considered as yoga masters. It is a lot about a strong core, to begin with.
Let us decode the meaning in Sanskrit. ‘Adho’ means ‘downward’, ‘mukha’ means ‘face’ and ‘vriksha’ means ‘tree’. This asana is considered as an intermediate practice. You can also call it the Inverted tree pose.
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How To Do It?
⦁ From downward facing dog, step feet in about halfway and lift right leg up.
⦁ Shift weight into hands and shift shoulders over wrists, bringing gaze in front of fingertips.
⦁ Start by lifting the left heel up and down, coming onto left toes.
⦁ Then raise the right leg up even higher by engaging hamstrings and glutes.
⦁ Shift hips over shoulders to find a hover with the left foot off the floor.
⦁ Lower down and repeat until both feet are together over hands, forming a straight line from toes to wrists. (This ⦁ five-minute yoga flow can help you practice kicking up into a handstand.)
Benefits of Handstand (Adho Mukha Vrikshasana)
⦁ Its regular practice helps to build the strength the arms, and also the core muscles.
⦁ Your spine will also be stabilized, if you perform the asana properly.
⦁ Your hamstrings also become more flexible in the long run, as you have to kick your legs a bit to raise them.
⦁ As an inversion asana, it sends a steady supply of blood to the head.
⦁ Your sense of balance also improves with time.
⦁ The handstand pose also calms the brain and nerves.
⦁ It is the ideal remedy for stress and mental disorders.
Contraindications
⦁ If you have recently suffered neck injuries, shoulder injuries or back injuries, you should avoid this asana.
⦁ If you have a headache, then you should not do this asana.
⦁ If you suffer from high blood pressure, you must not do this asana.
⦁ All those women, who have their menstrual cycle on, must not do this asana.
⦁ Pregnant women must avoid this asana.
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