New Delhi: Veteran actress Bhagyashree never fails to inspire her fans to stay fit. She often shares health and fitness tips with her followers on Instagram.
Recently, the actor shared a video of her performing inversions – headstands – that require forearm strength and flexibility.
Take a look:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbrggtigy8G/
How to perform a headstand?
- Utsav Ghosh, fitness entrepreneur and founder of Transformation for Good, had earlier shared the step-by-step process of performing a headstand.
- Sit in Thunderbolt Pose.
- Measure out the appropriate elbow width by placing opposite hands at the inside base of your upper arms.
- Keep your elbows in this position as you place them down on your mat.
- Bring your hands together to create a triangle shape with your forearms.
- Interlace your fingers, opening your palms and thumbs.
- Place the tips of your pinky fingers together so that the bottom of your hands has a more stable base.
- Place the top of your head on the mat inside your hands.
- Lift your hips and straighten your legs.
- Walk your feet toward your head, bringing your hips above your shoulders.
- Gently bring your knees in toward your chest.
- Hold this position for 5 seconds.
- Slowly straighten your legs.
Benefits of a headstand:
- calm the mind.
- alleviate stress and depression.
- activate the pituitary and pineal glands.
- stimulate the lymphatic system.
- strengthen the upper body, spine, and core.
- enhance lung capacity.
- stimulate and strengthen abdominal organs.
- boost digestion.
