SALAMBA SARVANGASANA

The queen or the mother of postures SALAMBA SARVANGASANA, balance on the shoulders.

This posture is the easiest of reversals that appeals to a sense of balance.

Depending on mood and mastery, this pose can be invigorating for beginners or calming for advanced.

Stimulating at the start of the day, it is soothing at the end as soon as you master it. It has great power to improve mental faculties (memory, concentration).

On a physical level, it stimulates the thyroid gland, promotes venous return and relieves heavy legs, tones the legs, glutes, abdomen and spine. It promotes the digestive and respiratory system, stretches and also strengthens the neck. Having the weight of the body on the shoulders, trapezius and neck (areas of usual tension) requires releasing them, the better to establish yourself in a pleasant stability.

Mentally, as the blood flow is activated to the brain, this posture creates brain refreshment. Since the body is not used to being in inversion, this posture requires a sense of balance and can at first create anxiety, once mastered it gives self-confidence and the need to letting go in a situation of discomfort. Taking this unusual position of the body can lead us to reflect on this new discomfort, this notion of the impermanence of our daily security. It forces us to have more mental vigilance which can become a faculty of adaptation in everyday life. Fixing the inverted body in the balanced air considerably makes the body lighter and the mind flexible.

To practice this posture it is necessary to use the correctly placed accessories so as not to injure yourself and to list the contraindications cited in the written sequence.