- Lie down flat on your back with your palms down beside the thighs.
- Raise the legs with bent knees and slowly roll the back up to the shoulders until the chin touches the chest.
- Straighten the legs vertically.
- The body should now be at right angles to the head and neck (min. 30 breaths or 5 minutes).
- To return to to the lying position.
- Firstly bring the knees down to the forehead, place your hand on the floor.
- Slowly roll from side to side, vertebra by vertebra, giving the spine a massage.
- When you touch the floor, keep the knees bent and the eyes closed and exhale through the nose and you should get a nice feeling.
Benefits
Improvement to blood, to legs and stomach, also combating varicose veins.
Sarvangasana also helps remedy ptosis or prolapsus and drains the the abdomen, ridding it blood stases in viscera.
Improvement to the flow of blood to the brain and the face (complexion).
It also is good for the Thyroid gland which has considerable influence to the youthfulness of the body.
Also it very good for combating stubborn constipation.
- The counter pose is the Fish for 20 breaths.
- Then bring your knees to your chest, giving the back a nice massage by doing circles with the knees.
- Drop the knees down, close the eyes, breath through the nose and you should get a nice feeling.
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