经常玩倒立会有什么效果？

很多人可能都听过，头倒立被称为瑜伽体式中的体式之王（king of asanas）。

当然，前臂倒立和手倒立更“难”。

但是这个“体式之王”，我自己的理解并不是它很难拿到。

而是在练习这个体式能给你带来什么吧。

头倒立时会发生什么：

在头倒立体式中，不止你的身体会倒过来，你的血压也会。

整个身体的血压都发生改变。头，颈，肩，静脉，动脉，肺以及腿部的压力发生变化。而这些压力的改变迫使你的身体去做出一些反应来进行相应的平衡。上肢的肌肉和组织也得到激活。

When you come into headstand, not only the body inverts, but the blood pressure as well. The pressure changes in the head, neck, shoulders, veins, arteries, lungs as well as legs. This change in blood pressure forces the body to react in order to maintain balance in the different body systems. The muscles and tissues of upper extremities are also stressed and activated.

头倒立的好处：

根据最近的临床研究，倒立能够将大脑的工作能力提高了14％，定期的倒立确实能够提高专注力，记忆力，观察力和思维清晰度，可以抵制抑郁和焦虑。

According to recent clinical research, inversions improve the brains performance by 14%, and regular inversions do really improve concentration, memory, observation and clarity of thought and can counter-act depression and anxiety.

此外，倒立还有可能在阻止大脑“老化过程”方面发挥重要作用。

许多精神恶化可以追溯到血压差和动脉硬化（两者减少了氧气的流通）。因此，通过定期的倒立练习，我们可以克服这些危险因素，使头脑尽可能的保持健康，防止痴呆。

Furthermore inversion therapy may even play a serious role in arresting the brain’s “aging process.”

Much of mental deterioration can be traced to poor blood pressure and hardening of the arteries, both of which reduce oxygen flow. Thus, with regular inversion therapy, we can overcome these risk factors and keep the mind from sliding into dementia.

总之，头倒立这个体式之王的好处包括：

有助于所有内分泌腺的更好的功能和协调

通过刺激神经系统改善身体，维持体内平衡

对大脑，眼睛和耳朵进行调理

提高记忆力和专注力

消除精神疲劳，抑郁和焦虑

改善中枢神经系统的功能

改善身体调节血压的能力

改善心脏的健康

改善体态，激活核心

加强背部，肩膀和手臂的肌肉

改善全身的血液和淋巴循环

改善消化和排泄

stimulating the functioning of pineal, hypothalamus and pituitary glands. This helps in better functioning and coordination of all the endocrine glands;

improving the body’s ability to maintain homeostasis by stimulation of the nervous system;

providing conditioning to the brain, eyes and ears due to increased blood pressure;

improving memory and concentration;

removing mental fatigue, depression and anxiety;

improving the functioning of the central nervous system;

improving the body’s capability to regulate blood pressure by stimulation of baroreceptor;

improving fitness and conditioning of the heart by reversing the blood pressure;

improving body posture and activating the core;

strengthening of muscles of back, shoulders and arms;

improving blood and lymph circulation in the entire body; and

improves digestion and elimination.