page_title: Shirshasana
section_title: Variations
hierarchical_section_title: Shirshasana / Variations
caption_attribution_description: Yoga postures Padma-shirshasana
context_page_description: Salamba Shirshasana, often shortened to Shirshasana, or Yoga Headstand is an inverted asana in modern yoga as exercise; it was described as both an asana and a mudra in classical hatha yoga, under different names.
context_section_description: Shirshasana permits many variations, including:
  Mandalasana, Circle pose, is not a single variation but a sequence of movements in Shirshasana in which the legs move in a full circle around the body from one headstand variation to the next.
caption: Urdhva Padmasana in Shirshasana
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