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The headstand, or sometimes head stand, is a pose that is an inversion posture of standing head down. The technique is used in different settings such as
File:Shirshasana.jpg, Yoga headstand, Shirshasana
File:Unkown Headstand 1.jpg, alt=Unknown Headstand 1, With feet as in
A video of a head stand
Freeze and Headstand Tutorial
Static elements (gymnastics) {{gymnastics-stub ru:Перевёрнутые асаны#Ширшасана
The headstand, or sometimes head stand, is a pose that is an inversion posture of standing head down. The technique is used in different settings such as yoga
Yoga (; sa, योग, lit=yoke' or 'union ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consciou ...
, breakdancing
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, acrobatics
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and beginner gymnastics
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.
Health risks
If the headstand is not done perfectly, the performer is likely to sufferhead injury
A head injury is any injury that results in trauma to the skull or brain. The terms ''traumatic brain injury'' and ''head injury'' are often used interchangeably in the medical literature. Because head injuries cover such a broad scope of inju ...
from standing on the head.
In yoga
Theyoga
Yoga (; sa, योग, lit=yoke' or 'union ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consciou ...
headstand, Shirshasana, may be balanced and symmetrical from all perspectives, even though not always in a legs-vertical position. The asana has many variations, several of them asymmetrical.
Baddha Konasana
Baddha Konasana ( sa, बद्धकोणासन ; IAST: ''baddhakoṇāsana''), Bound Angle Pose, Butterfly Pose, or Cobbler's Pose (after the typical sitting position of Indian cobblers when they work), and historically called Bhadrasana, Th ...
File:Mr-yoga-sideways-bound-angle-headstand-1.jpg, A variation
See also
*handstand
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A handstand is the act of supporting the body in a stable, inverted vertical position by balancing on the hands. In a basic handstand, the body is held straight with arms and legs fully extended, with hands spaced approximately shoulder- ...
External links
A video of a head stand
Freeze and Headstand Tutorial
Static elements (gymnastics) {{gymnastics-stub ru:Перевёрнутые асаны#Ширшасана