Yoga: Three Reasons You Should Not Do Headstand

Yoga Headstand

Yogasana the third limb of Raja Yoga also popularly understood by mass population as yoga is getting popular as never before in both eastern and western countries. The reason for Yogasana (popularly know as Yoga) to gain popularity are numerous ranging from releasing stress to flexibility to helping patient suffering from various disease. Although the initial objective of Yogasana (Yoga) in Raja Yoga was different however the ability of yoga to help patient with various ailment is really praisworthy.

While many organization like MD Anderson and VYASA in this direction are doing commendable job in scientific way however Various Yoga gurus like Swami Ramdev Ji and others in country like India are making it a mockery in the name of helping people to get rid of their diseases by teaching yoga science to mass people through TV channel. The trend has been stablished for teaching same yoga exercise to mass people in camp of thousands of people with different body condition and without personal observing how each person is following it.

Yoga postures like headstand have various benefits. The Headstand known as the King of all asanas have tremendous benefits for the body and the mind. All our physical and mental activities are governed by the brain which is the seat of intelligence, knowledge, wisdom, discrimination and power. As the Headstand increases the blood flow to the brain it revitalises the entire body and the mind and also regenerates the nervous system.

Practice of this asana provides the feeling of equilibrium and well-being and it increases memory and concentration. The Headstand inverts the pattern of blood pressure in the body