Sarvangasana
Sarvangasana (
Many named variations exist, including with legs in lotus position and Supta Konasana with legs wide apart, toes on the ground.
Sarvāṅgāsana has been nicknamed the "queen" or "mother" of all the asanas.[2][3][4]
Etymology and origins
The name comes from the Sanskrit सालम्ब Salamba, "supported", सर्वाङ्ग Sarvāṅga, "all limbs", i.e. "the whole body",[5] and आसन Āsana, "posture"," position", or "seat".[6][7]
The name Sarvangasana
Description
Shoulderstand is entered from a supine position with the knees bent. The shoulders may be supported on folded blankets, and the upper arms may be held in with a belt just above the elbows. Beginners may lift with bent legs, advanced users with straight legs. The back is supported by the hands: once up, the hands reach lower down the trunk towards the head, and the trunk is lifted further; the legs may then be straightened to a vertical position.[7]
Variations
The posture may be entered from
Salamba Sarvangasana may be performed on a strong and stable chair, with the legs resting on the chair back, the body supported by a folded blanket on the chair's seat, and the shoulders and neck supported on a bolster on the ground. The hands may grasp the back legs of the chair to open the chest. The pose is entered by sitting astride the chair facing the back, lifting the legs on to the back, holding the chair and leaning back, then sliding down until the head reaches the ground. The pose is exited by bending the legs and sliding down carefully.[11]
Niralamba Sarvangasana is Unsupported Shoulderstand, with the arms off the ground.[12]
Claims for the "mother of asanas"
Twentieth century advocates of some schools of yoga, such as B. K. S. Iyengar, made claims for the effects of yoga on specific organs, without adducing any evidence.[13][14]
Iyengar devoted a whole page of
Safety
Sarvangasana, alongside
See also
References
- ^ Anon (28 August 2007). "Supported Shoulderstand". Yoga Journal.
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(help) - ISBN 978-0-7573-0065-3.
- ISBN 978-1-60239-218-2.
- ISBN 978-0-7360-5209-2.
- ^ "Salamba Sarvangāsana". Ashtanga Yoga. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ISBN 978-81-7041-293-9.
- ^ a b Mehta 1990, pp. 108–109.
- ^ a b Mehta 1990, pp. 111–115.
- ^ a b c Bernard 2007, p. 29.
- ^ Mallinson & Singleton 2017, p. 90.
- ^ a b Mehta 1990, pp. 118–119.
- ^ Iyengar 1979, pp. 214–216.
- ^ Newcombe 2019, pp. 203–227, Chapter "Yoga as Therapy".
- ^ Jain 2015, pp. 82–83.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Iyengar 1979, pp. 212–213.
- PMID 24146758.
- PMID 22869991.
- ^ Iyengar 1979, pp. 219–220.
Sources
- OCLC 230987898.
- ISBN 978-1855381667.
- OCLC 878953765.
- Mehta, Silva; Mehta, Mira; Mehta, Shyam (1990). )
- OCLC 928480104.
- ISBN 978-1-78179-661-0.
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