Amrita Bindu

First of all, why is it called anti-aging? We shouldn’t be anti about aging, we should be pro-aging. And you could be pro-aging if you do it right.

In Ayurveda, a natural healing system from India that dates back to 3,000 BC, there are eight branches of practice and one branch in particular is called “Rasayana Chikitsa” meaning rejuvenation treatment. This deals with the measures of acquiring good health and increasing one’s health and life span as well as increasing memory and intelligence, thus decreases the aging process. There are many herbal treatments that can help facilitate this and also lifestyle practices.

One specific lifestyle practice is the practice of yoga and done “correctly” meaning poses are followed by counter poses to reap the most benefits. The main pose we are discussing here is “sirsasana” or headstand. I won’t go into detail on how to perform this asana because you can’t just kick up into headstand and reap the benefits, you have to do an entire yoga practice beforehand, even just sun salutations work.

Headstand is part of the finishing asanas in the Ashtanga yoga practice. It follows shoulderstand, another great inversion. But why is sirsasana called king of the asanas?

Amrita Bindu

Amrita bindu is located in the pineal gland. You can take this with a grain of salt because this comes from the oral tradition of yoga, not any sort of textbook and the Western minds like to believe information from books. So as we go about our day walking around, our head remains above our heart. The biggest component to aging is…gravity! Everything starts moving downward, skin sags, even under the eyes sag, wrinkles, etc. This is due to gravity itself, among other things. But in Amrita bindu holds our “ojas” the elixir we have within us, the youth elixir. And throughout the day this drops from the head into the digestive fire, from there it burns up.

So how do we reverse this process? Well it’s hard to remain upside down all day, but a few minutes of the day will certainly help. Which is one reason why headstand is so beneficial. As we turn upside down, we reverse the aging process. You can even feel the skin and puffiness under the eyes raise up into the eyes. The head is below the heart, circulation not only improves, but our ojas no longer is wasted, it becomes harnessed in the body. People with a great amount of ojas appear glowing, youthful and have great skin. Check out my photos and you will see a great example ;)

It is recommended to do headstand at least two minutes per day, but that requires some practice and working into it. Like I said, this requires a very specific sequence of poses, you can’t just do headstand and reap the benefits.

I am taking new clients, teaching this sequence one on one, it could take some time to learn, but if you are willing you can send in an application for teaching.

To begin learning headstand, learn proper downward dog, this will help strengthen the muscles required in your arms to hold you upside down. Also, being upside down itself will take getting used to and downward dog is a great place to begin as it is a semi inversion - your head is relatively below your heart.

So to leave this conversation, ask yourself two things: how often throughout the day is my head below my heart? Maybe never? Second question, is it possible to build in a yoga practice in my day and thereby become more youthful, glowing and reverse the aging process.

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