![]() If you have any medical concerns, talk with your doctor before practicing yoga.Avoid this pose if you are suffering with acute headache or high blood pressure. To sit in a full lotus position, you need to create space and flexibility in your hips and possess a normal range of motion in your knees.Avoid this pose if you have hip/back/leg injuries.Avoid this pose if you have neck/shoulder injuries.Have someone to observe and to help you holding the body when practice.You must master Sarvangasana and Padmasana before you start practicing this asana.Improves body awareness, balance and the ability to concentrate.Strengthens the arm, shoulder, neck and trunk muscles.Once the body is balanced with hands, go into the lotus posture – bend right leg by placing the right heel on the left thigh and then placing the left heel on the right thigh.Support the body with both hands (just like in the shoulder stand pose).Inhale and raise your legs up so that your feet are facing the ceiling and go into shoulder stand pose.Lie flat on the floor with straight arms and legs.Urdhva Padmasana strengthens the neck, shoulders, arms, and trunk muscles improving the posture. Urdhva Padmasana is considered as the extension of Salamba Sarvangasana. Urdhva Padmasana can be practiced if you have a good mastery over Salamba Sarvangasana, the shoulder stand pose and padmasana/lotus. “Urdva Padmasana” consists of three Sanskrit words: ![]() Urdva Padmasana – Inverted Lotus Pose is one of the challenging inverted postures in finishing Ashtanga Primary Series yoga where the body is balanced on the shoulders with the hands holding the legs postured in padmasana/lotus.
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