Headstand, Tripod Variation

Benefits: Strengthens core, arms, back

Helps: Fatigue, balance

1. Kneel on the floor with your glutes resting on your heels. Place your palms on the floor, slightly in front of and just outside your knees. Bend your elbows to 90 degrees. Place your head on the floor.
2. Straighten your legs so you come into a modified downward-facing dog pose (adho mukha svanasana).
3. Place your right knee on your right upper arm and your left knee on your left upper arm. Bring your toes together and lift them toward the ceiling, straightening your legs and coming into a headstand. Hold for three to five breaths.
4. To come out of the pose, bend your knees, fold them in toward your chest, and lower your feet to the floor.
5. Bend your knees and push yourself back into child’s pose (balasana).