Legs Up The Wall - Health Benefits Of Lifting Legs Up Against The Wall

This is what happens to the body you put your legs up the wall every day for a certain amount of time.

LEGS UP THE WALL – The yoga pose of lifting your legs against the wall is the yoga pose you need because of the health benefits that it can give you.

Viparita Karani or the Legs-up-the-wall pose. The term viparita means “inverted” and karani translates to “in action” in Sanskrit. This restorative yoga posture has a lot of health benefits that can do to the body.

This pose doesn’t require any equipment, much flexibility, or strength. This is just easily done for an amount of time but a range of health benefits is about to happen to your body.

Here are the ways it can modify the posture and the ways it can help you:

stretches the lower back and hamstrings
to improve digestion and sleep
gives relief to swollen feet and ankles after a long period of standing or sitting
to relieve menstrual cramps

Here’s an instruction to do this correctly:

Lie down flatly on the floor with your hips closer to the wall.
Lift legs up against the wall and place them vertically facing the ceiling.
Then, try to relax your body.
Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and maintain this pose for 20 minutes.
After that, bend knees and push yourself away from the wall through your feet.

According to an article from Cleveland Clinic, apart from the abovementioned benefits, this yoga position can also improve circulation, help manage stress, and relax.

It doesn’t have enough evidence yet about relieving headaches or alleviating high blood pressure