Headstand
Man doing a headstand in a park in Buenos Aires
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 as yoga, breakdancing, acrobatics and beginner gymnastics.
In yoga[]
The yoga headstand, Shirshasana, may be balanced and symmetrical from all perspectives, even though not always in a legs-vertical position. The asana has many variations, several of them asymmetrical.
Yoga headstand, Shirshasana
With feet as in Baddha Konasana
A variation
See also[]
External links[]
headstandat Wikipedia's sister projects
Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Wikimedia Commons
 | This article on Gymnastics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
Categories:
- Gymnastics manoeuvres
- Gymnastics stubs