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2sweet4meat:

Yoga is so healthy. Inversions are so beneficial & should be incorporated into your yoga practice. Here are some of my favorite inversions:

Salamba Sarvangasana (shoulder stand pose) Benefits:

• Calms the brain and helps relieve stress and mild depression
• Stimulates the thyroid and prostate glands and abdominal organs
• Stretches the shoulders and neck
• Tones the legs and buttocks
• Improves digestion
• Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause
• Reduces fatigue and alleviates insomnia
• Therapeutic for asthma, infertility, and sinusitis

Karnapidasana (ear pressure pose) Benefits:

• This is a soothing fetal position that offers deeper spinal flexion and a more intense stretch of the hips.
• This also lends a great internal abdominal massage to the organs.
• Calms the brain
• Stretches the shoulders and spine
• Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause
• Reduces stress and fatigue
• Therapeutic for backache, headache, infertility, insomnia, sinusitis
• Energizer
• It also stimulates the internal abdominal organs (helping aid digestion), thyroid, and prostate glands.
• This pose tones the thighs, buttocks, and hips while stretching the shoulders and neck.
• Alleviates: insomnia, fatigue, and negative symptoms of menopause.
• This pose may prove helpful against sinus problems (including asthma), headache, and infertility.

Salamba Sirasana (supported headstand) Benefits:

• Calms the brain and helps relieve stress and mild depression
• Stimulates the pituitary and pineal glands
• Strengthens the arms, legs, and spine
• Strengthens the lungs
• Tones the abdominal organs
• Improves digestion
• Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause
• Therapeutic for asthma, infertility, insomnia, and sinusitis

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