Viparita Karani Procedure. With regular practise one can viparita karani asana is amazing for tired legs and people who suffer from regular cramps in feet. Legs up the wall pose.
Āsana) meaning posture or seat. In sanskrit, viparita means inverted or reversed, and karani means doing or making.. In this position, the body of the sun and the moon change places, that is, the solar sphere (the lower abdomen) is at the top, and the lunar sphere.
The viparita karani is a mild inversion and is also called the inverted lake pose.
This gentle inversion will lengthen the backs of the legs. Viparita karani is usually considered to be a restorative pose, sequenced near the end of either a but viparita karani can also be practiced as a pose in itself. Yogi ramanandi jayatarama mentioned the asana in his hatha. Try this supported version of viparita karani as an alternate to shoulderstand.