12/04/2024
Handstand can be more literally translated in Sanskrit as ‘Facing down the tree pose’. Core engagement (uddiyana bandha) with abdominals up back and in transfers strength from the lower body to the upper body and vie-a-vie. The center of the palms of the hands provide a suction cup like hold (hasta bandha) transferring energy to the tips of the toes as the neck hold (jalandhara bandha), upper back “rhomba bandha” a Yoga Training (Touch) original, pelvic floor / perineum (mula bandha) and area deep to the insteps of the feet hold (pada bandha) providing strength. The whole Bio-enviro-psyche-socio-philosophical person model of care can specify a plethora of benefits including gene expression for body energy mind intellect and spirit