Kapali asana

Description

Kapali asana: Asana

Asana Type: Inverted

Pramana

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Yoga-asanamala sacitra 19

सीस सीषा धरती टेकी पग दोऊ मिलिवा ऊचा कु करै पगथली आकास दिशि सनमुष राशै दोऊ हाथा की हथेली दोऊ पाषत्या धरती टेकौ द्रिश्टि नासाअग्र​ आसण कौगुण रहै कपाली आसन जाम सेतबाल होई

sīsa sīṣā dharatī ṭekī paga doū milivā ūcā ku karai pagathalī ākāsa diśi sanamuṣa rāśai doū hāthā kī hathelī doū pāṣatyā dharatī ṭekau driśṭi nāsāagra āsaṇa kauguṇa rahai kapālī āsana jāma setabāla hoī ave syāma oraso kālagyāna kī jāṇai sāca māna bahu beda baṣānai siratari kari paga ūcā dharai pahalau china abhyāsaha karai dina tai saṃdhi sādhauṃ āgai tīnamāsamai jugalī bhāgai

Translation

Place the head and both of the hands on the ground and stretch both the legs upside, gaze should be at the tip of the nose.

YMS 19 .19. Same as pani-mukta-drumasana (YAs-58).

Instruction

1. Place the hands on the ground, shoulder width apart

2. Bring the head on the ground.

3. Stretch both the legs upside.

4. Gaze be at the tip of the nose."

Benefits

"When practiced for 3 months, turn grey hair into black, improves balance, strengthens upper body, legs and abdominals, reverses the effects of gravity and brings energy to the head, improves overall health, reduces stress and anxiety, increase mental power and concentration, improves self-confidence, improves cardiovascular, lymphatic, nervous and endocrine systems."