Dvi Pāda Śīrṣāsana

Dvi Pada Sirsasana is an Asana. It is translated as Both Feet Behind the Head Pose from Sanskrit.

The name of this pose comes from "dvi" meaning "two", "pada" meaning "foot", "sirsa" meaning "head", and "asana" meaning "posture" or "seat".^[1][2][3]

Benefits and Cautions

This advance pose holds many benefits: it opens up the hamstrings and hips, stretches the lower back and strengthens the neck.

Be careful while doing this pose if you have knee, hip, ankle, lower back or neck injuries.^[1][2][3]

Publications Featuring Dvi Pada Sirsasana

• Asanas 608: Yoga Poses by Dharma Mittra ^[4]
• Yoga Resource Practice Manual by Darren Rhodes ^[5]
• Yoga (Yoga Journal Books) by Linda Sparrowe and David Martinez ^[6]
• 2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses by Mr. Yoga (Daniel Lacerda) ^[7]
• Yoga From the Heart by Yogananth Andiappan ^[8]

References

1. "Ashtanga Yoga : Placing Legs Behind Your Head in Dwi Pada Sirsasana with Kino MacGregor | Kino Yoga - Ashtanga Yoga Awareness". www.kinoyoga.com. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
2. "dwi pada sirsasana | Elaine Oyang Yoga & Nutrition Therapy". samisthitih.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
3. "Dwi Pada Sirsasana - Both Legs behind Head Pose". www.jaisiyaram.com. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
4. Mittra, Dharma (2003-04-01). Asanas: 608 Yoga Poses. Novato, Calif.: New World Library. ISBN 9781577314028.
5. Rhodes, Darren; Sell, Christina; Longstaff, Michael (2013-02-10). Huang, Ellen, ed. Yoga Resource Practice Manual. Tirtha Studios & Yo Productions.
6. Sparrowe, Linda; Martinez, David (2008-01-08). Yoga. New York: Universe. ISBN 9780789399878.
7. Lacerda, Daniel (2015-11-10). 2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses. Black Dog & Leventhal. ISBN 9781631910104.
8. Andiappan, Yogananth (2007-01-01). Yogananth Andiappan - Yoga From the Heart. International Yoga Academy Lim. ISBN 9789889982812.