(20+) Benefits of handstand: How to practice handstand correctly and in easy way

Handstand is a very popular exercise and not hard, there are lots of benefits of handstand that keep your body healthy and active, now we'll know its benefits and learn handstand. To do handstand there has been given many tips also that help you to do a perfect straight handstand.

First of all we need to know some major benefits of handstand: [(20+) Benefits of handstand: How to practice handstand correctly and in easy way]

1. Handstand improves skin and hair.
2. Increases your focus and memory power.
3. Helps to increases eyesight.
4. Relaxes your nervous system.
5. It also improves digestion.
6. Makes your arms and shoulders stronger.
7. Improves body posture.
8. Helpful in relieving stress. 
9. Improves your balance.
10. Helpful n getting rid of wrinkles.
11. Makes your immunity stronger. 
12. It makes your mood happy.
13. Makes your body active.
14. Good for blood circulation.
15. Good for back and core.
16. Helpful to build lean muscle.
17. Excellent for brain healing.
18. Increases confidence.
19. Good for blood circulation.
20. It increase flexibility of the body.

What is handstand ?

The act of balancing the body with help of hands and keeping the feet stable in the air. It is very good for the health of heart, brain, muscles, skin, hair and eyes.

It is called by different name. In modern yoga, it is called Adho Mukha Vrksasana.

People try to do this amazing multi beneficial exercise, but some people don't know how to balance their body.

But, now we'll learn how to do a perfect straight handstand. For handstand, there some exercise that you should practice before practicing handstand.

Some exercises that help you to practice the handstand

1. Hand plank

The hand plank is very effective exercise to start practicing the handstand. It makes your arms and shoulders stronger and also helps in removing belly fat. It also builds leg's muscles and increases stamina. In this exercise, you need to hold in push up position. Experts recommend starting with 10 seconds to 20 seconds.

How to do hand plank

• Lie down
• Keep your hands under your shoulders
• Rise slowly with help of hands
• Hold this position

If you can hold this position for 60 seconds or 50 seconds, then you can hold your weight for few seconds in handstand.

2. Bakasana (crow pose)

Bakasana is very helpful to maintain your own body weight, you don't even need any equipment or tools to perform bakasana. Bakasana is also known as crow pose. It makes your wrist stronger and provides strength your core to hold you up, makes spine stronger and provides strength to your arms and shoulder to hold your weight for a good time, and that all are main thing that work in handstand.

How to do Bakasana

• Place the palms of your hands on the floor.
• Slowly try to place your knees on your elbows.
• Lean a little bit forward.
• Try to balance your body on your hands.

If you can do it 15 yo 20 seconds then it will help you to balance your body, you can take the help of wall to balance.

3. Chakrasana

Chakrasana is a best asana to increase flexibility of the body, it is very easy exercise that helpful for our handstand. It has many benefits like it makes your wrist, arms, shoulder, spine strong, and provides flexibility to the spine, when you do this asana your lungs expand and get more oxygen. It used in handstand when you fall back on ground.

How to do Chakrasana

• Lie back on the goround.
• Fold your arms and legs inwards.
• Push yourself upwards.
• Hold that position. 

Let's move on our Handstand

 

Now, you are ready and have completed the all basic exercise to do handstand, every exercise that we have learn will play it another role.

All exercises that have been practiced by you are helpful and important for handstand. First of all you should try your very first handstand with the help of a wall or tree that will support you so you won't be afraid to fall on ground. After, practicing on wall, keep practicing handstand with any support. 

Here some guidance or steps for doing handstand:

• Place your palm of your hands on the floor.
• Fingers should be spread-ed and opened.
• Jerk one leg up and lift it up along with other leg.
• When your body is straight, pull the body upward, it helps you to maintain balance.
• Keep yourself straight.

If you fall back, then you then you must practice chakrasana. It will save you from getting injury. 

You can also do handstand on mace due to which, you won't hurt by falling down. 

Now, we have done all the thing that we learned. But, we have to practice regularly to improve that effective exercise handstand. 

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