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HALF SHOULDERSTAND
Ardha Sarvangasana
Lying on your back, bend your knees and swing your legs up overhead, bringing your hands up to support your lower back and hips.
Half Shoulderstand
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Half Shoulderstand -- Ardha Sarvangasana Promotes proper thyroid function, strengthens abdomen, stretches upper back, improves blood circulation, induces relaxation You probably remember doing this as a kid.
Begin in half shoulderstand (above). Now straighten your legs, extending them back out over your head, and rest your toes on the floor. Straighten your arms on the floor, palms down.
A practice which involves inversion of the body is sirshasana, the headstand, but I would not recommend that all of you do it. However, you can definitely try sarvangasana, the shoulderstand, or vipareet karani asana, the half shoulderstand, ...
Practicing bridge pose, full and half shoulderstand will not only help strengthen the spine, but also stimulate the thyroid gland to balance the endocrine system and affect its ability to encourage bone growth.
 See also: Shoulderstand, Breath, Sarvangasana, Asana, Yoga
  
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