| By now you must have been doing the headstand | | | | 3. Mountain Pose |
| with ease and comfort. | | | | 4. Corpse Poseand yet, |
| By now you must have realized that what you thought | | | | 1. Child's Pose |
| was impossible is indeed very possible and not | | | | 2. Headstand |
| intimidating at all. | | | | 3. Child's Pose |
| Great, now let's deal with coming out of the pose and | | | | 4. Corpse Pose |
| it's counter poses. | | | | Now, I'll tell you my experiences with each. |
| Once your upper arms start to indicate signs of fatigue | | | | First School: |
| and before you begin to feel tired, separate the feet | | | | Seems to work fine, I may at times feel a little |
| about a foot apart and UNDER SLOW CONTROL | | | | tightness in my thighs, while executing the Child's Pose |
| slowly lower you legs to you are in the | | | | after the headstand but overall it seems a safe |
| afore-mentioned half headstand. | | | | enough order of events. |
| Now purposely engage your core by drawing your | | | | Second School: |
| feet into your center and SLOWLY lower the toes to | | | | Well, it always made me literally smile, as of the time |
| the floor. | | | | of this writing I have not done this order poses. But the |
| Trust me, you don't want to slam your feet into the | | | | sites that suggest the first school of thought seem to |
| floor! | | | | be adamant about a child's pose after the headstand. |
| You should leave this Asana as carefully as you | | | | What may be confusing is Vishnu-Devananda, in his |
| entered it. Do not move jerkily or quickly, or you may | | | | book "The Complete Illustrated Book Of Yoga" directly |
| lose control and fall. | | | | suggests the second order of events, but the website |
| Now, ensuring that you literally roll your head from your | | | | based on his book "The Sivananda Om Page" says |
| scalp to your forehead (meaning some part of your | | | | otherwise and some of his students whom I have |
| head stays in contact with the mat), go into the a | | | | contacted tend to say the same. |
| fore-mentioned child's pose and rest for another 3 | | | | Third School: |
| minutes with the eyes closed. | | | | A complete no, no. |
| Now stand erect for a minute or two, (WITH THE | | | | I tried to go into the shoulder stand after my sequence |
| EYES CLOSED)and the purpose of this is to | | | | of the headstand and right away my body indicated |
| harmonize the blood circulation. | | | | that something was wrong. How, my back was in |
| From here, go into a corpse pose for THE SUM | | | | terrible pain and I could barely hold a simple shoulder |
| TOTAL OF THE TIME spent in the headstand, child's | | | | stand (which I have held for a record 30 minutes |
| pose and mountain pose, meaning yes, if you did a 3 | | | | before) for over 3 minutes, so steer clear of this order |
| minute headstand, 3 minute child's pose and 2 minute | | | | friends. |
| Mountain pose, you would want to stay in the corpse | | | | Folks, I'd love to get really technical about the process, |
| pose for at least 8 minutes. | | | | but if it's one thing I've learned from Yoga, it is YOUR |
| Folks, at this point, I will like to stress that the various | | | | OWN BODY is your best teacher. |
| schools of thoughts on yoga tend to differ in regards | | | | Yes, the basics might apply to everyone, but owing to |
| to the order of events here. | | | | individual postures, alignments etc, after you have |
| As in some say: | | | | gained adequate proficiency an experience with the |
| 1. Child's Pose | | | | pose under supervision and watching tutorials (if it |
| 2. Headstand | | | | helps, you can search for my name "Foras Aje" on |
| 3. Child's Pose | | | | Youtube) learn to start to listen to yourself and your |
| 4. Mountain Pose | | | | body. |
| 5. Corpse Pose | | | | Well, that about does it for the needed information on |
| While some say: | | | | How To Do The Yoga Head Stand. |
| 1. Child's Pose | | | | We'll cover the Shoulder stand next in our series of |
| 2. Headstand | | | | inversion poses. |