Shirshasana, śīrṣāsana – headstand

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śīrṣāsana

Headstand, allowing a pleasant “calmness in the inverted vertical position”

Heinz Grill about the headstand:

In this āsana the body rests upside down and in a graceful, vertical form on the head. Already from the picture, as well as from the dynamic phase to be performed, all the energies are centred in the area of the forehead. Dynamism, concentration, uprightness, form, determination and clarity are expressed in this āsana. The headstand can therefore be described as a typical exercise which emphasises more the masculine qualities of life.¹

Textquote and note:

śīrṣa = the head

āsana = the sitting

(1) Heinz Grill, The Soul Dimension of Yoga, p. 156

Image quote (19-05-07): Featured Image-image from Stefan Schweihofer on pixabay, śīrṣāsana-Heinz Grill, Das Hohelied der Asanas, p. 34

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