Yoga positions

Sirsha-asana - The Head-stand
The Sanskrit word sirsha means head. This posture is the well-known headstand posture, and perhaps second only to the padma-asana or lotus posture, is widely identified with the practice of Yoga.
To sit down on heels the person on the south. A head to put on a floor. Hands to clasp a nape: the right hand lays at a nape, left - on right (at women to the contrary - right on left). Distance between elbows to equally length of one forearm. To lift a basin, feet to straighten. To lean against a cinciput. To tighten direct feet is closer to a trunk, to lift the bent feet, then to straighten. To be late in a pose at first for one minute, gradually increasing time. In a final phase of development of this pose to stand 10 minutes Breath any. Then to return to a starting position: at first to bend feet, then slowly to lower them on a floor. To sit down on knees, a head to lower on a floor, to enclose under a forehead fists: the left fist on a floor, right - on left, (at women - to the contrary: left is closer to a head).