- The
headstand, or
sometimes head stand, is a pose that is an
inversion posture of
standing head down. The
technique is used in
different settings such...
-
Shirshasana (Sanskrit: शीर्षासन, IAST: śīrṣāsana)
Salamba Shirshasana, or Yoga
Headstand is an
inverted asana in
modern yoga as exercise; it was
described as both...
-
Siddhasana and
other cross-legged
meditation poses. As
another example, the
headstand is now
known by the 20th
century name Shirshasana, but an
older name for...
- As a
mudra it was
practised using any
preferred inversion, such as a
headstand or shoulderstand. The
purpose of the
mudra was to
reverse the downward...
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union pose.
Advanced variations of
several other asanas including yoga
headstand have the legs in
lotus or half lotus. The pose can be
uncomfortable for...
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River in Georgia. An
estimated 30,000
people watched Wallenda perform two
headstands as he
crossed the quarter-mile-wide gap. In 1974, at 69
years old, he...
- arid
environments like the
Namib Desert. Most of the
beetles perform “
headstands” to
obtain moisture from the fog that
rolls in from the
Atlantic Ocean...
- legs are kept straight,
aimed downward to
protect the player's body.
Headstand cartwheel (aú de cabeça or aú cabeça no chão) is a
cartwheel with the...
- "Boyding",
which involves standing on one's head
otherwise known as the
headstand. He
moved to Brooklyn, New York, with his
bandmates in 2009 and spent...
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unresolved role in feeding. Some
individuals have been seen
performing "
headstands" as
feeding behavior,
allowing coelacanth to
slurp prey from crevices...
