Yoga Therapy for Headaches

Yoga therapy for headaches is highly successful. There are many and all of them have proven very effective over time. Here is one more:

Eka Pada Sirshasana

Eka Pada means One Leg. This is a variation of Sirshasana that is done by lowering a leg to the floor in front of one’s head, with the other leg held vertically up.

Technique:

1. Remain in Salamba Sirsasana according to your capacity. Then exhale and move your left leg down to the floor in front of your head.
2. While you are lowering your left leg and rests on the floor, you must hold you your right leg vertically up, just like in Sirsasana.
3. At first, you are likely to feel enormous strain in your neck. Your right leg gets dragged down as well. To deal with this, keep your leg and stiff firm at your knees. Now stretch the muscles of both your hamstrings. Likewise, tighten the muscles of the lower part of your abdomen.
4. Keep the knees and toes of both your legs in a straight line. They should not be tilted sideways.
5. Hold the pose for ten to twenty seconds breathing deeply. Then breathe out and lift your left leg up to Sirshasana.
6. After remaining in Sirshasana for a while, lower your leg to the floor. Then keep it on the floor for the same amount of time, take a deep breath and return to Sirsasana.
7. When lowering and raising your legs, see that they are straight. Never bend them at your knees, because, if you bend your knees you tend to lose balance.

Effects of Eka Pada Sirshasana

This is a tough pose. For this reason, it might not be easy for you to touch the floor at first. Slowly, as your legs become more elastic and your back becomes stronger, your legs will touch and rest on the floor without losing balance.