Sarvangasana
July 17, 2008
Sarvangasana is a Sanskrit word which is sarv+ ang+ asana ‘sarv’ here all, ‘ang’ means parts of body and ‘asana’ means a yoga form. Sarvangasana means a pose for all parts of body. It is one of inverted poses of yoga. It is very beneficial yoga form. Steps to perform
Lie straight on the floor while keeping your arms on the sided and palms on turned down.
Keep your legs, big toes and heels together.
Relax your body while breathing normally.
Press your arms and elbows down and keep the knees straight.
Raise your legs together as it may perpendicular to the floor, while doing the entire process inhale deeply.
Now exhale and while exhaling, keep your pressure of your palms and elbows increased against the floor.
Raise your hips and lower back off the floor now move your legs towards your head.
Place your palms beneath the hips and prop up the legs and trunks.
Slide your palms higher on the trunk and keep on pushing the hips.
Now small of the back higher and raise the whole trunk of the floor till it is vertical.
While doing this bring the leg back to the vertical position.
Place your palms at the back of the ribs and hold the raised trunk and legs with the arms, forearms and elbows.
Try to slide your palms higher and higher again.
Now, raise your legs and hips further till the trunk and legs are collinear.
Try to push the chest forward towards a chin and forma chin-lock.
Fix your gaze on the big toes while maintaining the balance.
Take a deep breath rhythmically.
Hold the posture for at least 3 minutes.
Slowly and gradually return the starting position.
Take a deep breathe and breathe normally.
Relax for few minutes or you can perform shavasana.
Benefits
It improves digestion and pancreatic secretion.
Sarvanasana strengthen the upper arms muscles, shoulders, and neck and thigh muscles.
Sarvangasana prevents untimely wrinkling of face and also premature aging.
It prevents the accumulation of fat around the abdomen, waist and hips.
Sarvangasana counteracts the nervous fatigue and exhaustion.
It prevents hernia and gives relief in cases of bleeding piles and urinary disorders.
Liver and kidney work better if you are regular performer of Sarvanasana.
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