[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.youveda.com\/guided-yoga-supported-shoulder-stand-and-upward-abdominal-lock\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/www.youveda.com\/guided-yoga-supported-shoulder-stand-and-upward-abdominal-lock\/","headline":"Guided Yoga: Supported Shoulder Stand and Upward Abdominal Lock","name":"Guided Yoga: Supported Shoulder Stand and Upward Abdominal Lock","description":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span> Shoulderstand is entered from a supine position with the knees bent. The shoulders may be supported on folded blankets, and the upper arms may be held in with a belt just above the elbows. Beginners may lift with bent legs, advanced users with straight legs.","datePublished":"2018-05-15","dateModified":"2020-06-24","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.youveda.com\/author\/mvallveameba-com-uy\/#Person","name":"Miguel Vallve","url":"https:\/\/www.youveda.com\/author\/mvallveameba-com-uy\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.youveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/nsl_avatars\/82ad20c5457e8fb1e0c4d171e49969da.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.youveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/nsl_avatars\/82ad20c5457e8fb1e0c4d171e49969da.jpg","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"YouVeda","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.youveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/youveda_logo.png","url":"https:\/\/www.youveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/youveda_logo.png","width":190,"height":51}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.youveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Supported-Shoulder-Stand-1.png","url":"https:\/\/www.youveda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Supported-Shoulder-Stand-1.png","height":1242,"width":1242},"url":"https:\/\/www.youveda.com\/guided-yoga-supported-shoulder-stand-and-upward-abdominal-lock\/","about":["Guided Yoga","Knowledge Center"],"wordCount":697,"articleBody":"Reading Time: 3 minutesToday’s Poses: Supported Shoulder Stand and Upward Abdominal LockSupported Shoulder StandUpward Abdominal LockSupported Shoulder Stand and Upward Abdominal Lock – Poses and BenefitsSupported Shoulder StandShoulderstand is entered from a supine position with the knees bent. The shoulders may be supported on folded blankets, and the upper arms may be held in with a belt just above the elbows. Beginners may lift with bent legs, advanced users with straight legs. The back is supported by the hands: once up, the hands reach lower down the trunk towards the head, and the trunk is lifted further; the legs may then be straightened to a vertical position.Benefits:Calms the brain and helps relieve stress and mild depressionStimulates the thyroid and prostate glands and abdominal organsStretches the shoulders and neckTones the legs and buttocksImproves digestionReduces fatigue and alleviates insomniaUpward Abdominal Lock – Uddiyana BandhaUpward U\u1e0d\u1e0d\u012byana Bandha (Sanskrit), also called abdominal lock or upward-lifting lock is the abdominal bandha described and employed in hatha yoga, in particular in the nauli purification. It involves, after having exhaled all the air out, pulling the abdomen under the rib cage by taking a false inhale while holding the breath and then release the abdomen after a pause. The process is repeated many times before letting the air into the lungs, resuming normal breath.Uddiyana Bandha is practiced by pulling the abdomen inwards after exhalation and holding the breath outside. The abdominal muscles press the organs in the abdomen against the wall behind the organ, next to the spinal column.Benefits:Uddiyana Bandha massages all the organs in the abdomen.It tones the adrenal glands and balances its function.It improves digestion by increasing digestive fire.It helps to remove stress and tension.It improves the function of the liver and pancreasImproves lung capacityIt also has an effect on the heart and improves the circulation of blood throughout the body.It improves all functions related to that nerve center.It is a great tool for liberation.Transcript: Supported Shoulder Stand and Upward Abdominal LockHi there, it\u2019s Maurene with YouVeda.  Welcome to the yoga series for general support.Today, we\u2019re going to be doing the supported shoulder stand, which is going to help stimulate our abdominal organs, thyroid, and prostate glands.We\u2019re also going to be doing the upward abdominal lock, which is going to increase our gastric fires, and that\u2019s going to help with digestion assimilation elimination and also to help relieve our body of toxins.So let\u2019s go ahead and begin so for the supported shoulder stand. We want to gently lay down on the ground, someplace nice and comfortable. I like to keep my knees bent from here, pressing my palms front to the ground.I\u2019m going to gently use momentum to bring my knees up and over my forehead so that my hips come off the ground from.Here I\u2019m just bending my ink elbows supporting the lower back and extending those legs out pushing my hips forward and straightening my legs over the top this is the Supported shoulder standIt should feel nice and awesome andThen we\u2019re going to gently come down bringing the legs over in a backward motionI like just rolling out of it for the upward abdominal lockWe\u2019re going to stand up with our feet shoulder-width apart give ourselves a slight bend at the waistWe\u2019re going to place both hands on the sidesWe\u2019re going to take a big inhale through the belly and exhale almost forcibly through the mouth andAs we get here, we\u2019re going to hold that exhale and focus on expanding the ribcage not by inhaling but just using the muscles to expand the ribcage really pulling that abdomen inWe\u2019re going to hold that expansion for about five to fifteen seconds, so here we goInhale nice big. Exhale expand those ribs holding for five to 15 seconds and hold that expansionYou still got your exhale. Hold it, then relax, repeat this a few different times{ \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"VideoObject\", \"name\": \"Guided Yoga: Supported Shoulder Stand and Upward Abdominal Lock\", \"description\": \"Supported Shoulder Stand and Upward Abdominal Lock help in calming the brain and relieving stress, and massaging the organs in the abdomen respectively. 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