Physical and Therapeutic Benefits

Salamba Sarvangasana is often called the Queen of Yoga Poses because its a very beneficial yoga pose. As for physical benefits from stretching or working that specific muscle are that you strengthen buttock or legs from trying to squeeze into the center of your body for balance. Many time it says that one of the best benefits is that this exercise can help the better functioning of your thyroid. Some people who are overweight may have improper functioning of the thyroid. This position helps regulate your metabolism, which is very important for people who are looking to loose weight. When you are in the position you really depend on balance and push into the mid line of your body and rely of your spine to be straight. This posture stretches the spine and helps strengthen keeping it strong and elastic. While trying to keep balance you focus on your deep breathing to keep you steady, normal deep breathing is beneficial to get the heart rate under control and massages the heart and lung regions.

When your head is lower than your heart, the heart draws more oxygenated blood to the brain, opening up the heart and lungs to create more space. In that way your brain or head feels more light or calm, relieving stress. Stretching these muscles and changing the blood flow actually helps people deal with sleeping problems, anxiety problems and even depression. All this is linked to your brain and energy, or blood flow so the position helps relieve this tension.It is also highly therapeutic for asthma, sinusitis, and infertility problems.