Shirshasana

Baddha-Hasta Shirshasana


In English Shirshasana is spelt this way. Actually it should be Seershasana.

Baddha(adj.) = bound
Hasta (n.) = hand

Sheersha (n.) = the crown, head, the top
Asana (n.) = posture


Hindi sir = head has its origin in the Sanskrita word "seersha"

 

This is the plain vanilla shirshasana, ahem! without all those variations.

Why would I publish Shirshasana on this blog? I wanted to publish only those Asanas which I am grappling with. er... and of course those Asanas that have been requested - for example the back pain series.

Shirshasana is the first Asana that I learnt in the childhood days, when I was as young as eight years old. The story has been told in my yahoo blog.

Well, several reasons...
* I haven'nt any photographs now to publish :)
* Actually, I am now grappling with the Akarna Dhanurasana that I saw our school friend Soumyananda Dinda (who is a Dr Soumyananda Dinda now, a quite well known lecturer in Economics - yes I established contacts with him - a couple of months ago)do, and I am not even halfway there.
* Shirshana is a swell Asana for keeping heart disease at bay; even thyroid problems, brain problems, eye problems, ear problems, back problems.
* Hence people would do well to start practising it.

Warning!!!: which flows from the benefits really. If you have any of the existing problem which is is prevented by Shirshasana, don't start practising it to cure them. Chances are, they will get worse. :)

I had this experience, which, let me share - Everytime, as I took off my legs from the ground, my back pain would scream loudly!!