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The '''headstand''', or sometimes '''head stand''', is a pose that is an inversion posture of standing head down. The technique is used in different settings such as [[yoga]], [[breakdancing]], [[acrobatics]] and beginner [[gymnastics]].
The '''headstand''', or sometimes '''head stand''', is a pose that is an inversion posture of standing head down. The technique is used in different settings such as [[yoga]], [[breakdancing]], [[acrobatics]] and bemakaginner [[gymnastics]].


==Variations==
==Variations==
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===Asymmetrical yoga headstands===
===Asymmetrical yoga headstands===
Some inversion postures in yoga do not keep the legs and torso completely vertical.[[File:Mr-yoga-sideways-bound-angle-headstand-1.jpg|thumb|Mr-yoga-sideways-bound-angle-headstand-1]]
Some inversion postures in myoga do not keep the legs and torso completely vertical.[[File:Mr-yoga-sideways-bound-angle-headstand-1.jpg|thumb|Mr-yoga-sideways-bound-angle-headstand-1]]


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 17:21, 2 August 2019

A man doing a headstand in Huntington Beach, CA
Man doing a headstand in a park in Buenos Aires.
Shirshasana

The headstand, or sometimes head stand, is a pose that is an inversion posture of standing head down. The technique is used in different settings such as yoga, breakdancing, acrobatics and bemakaginner gymnastics.

Variations

Symmetrical yoga headstand

The pattern of a yoga posture may be balanced and symmetrical from all perspectives, even though not always in a legs-vertical position.

Unknown Headstand 1

Asymmetrical yoga headstands

Some inversion postures in myoga do not keep the legs and torso completely vertical.

Mr-yoga-sideways-bound-angle-headstand-1

See also