Yoga Asanas for
Hair Growth
Vajrasana
The Diamond Pose
How to Perform:
- Begin by kneeling on a mat, ensuring your heels touch your bottom.
- Rest your palms gently on your thighs.
- Initially challenging, but with consistent practice, endurance improves.
Benefits:
- This pose redirects blood flow from the lower body towards the head and scalp due to the torso’s weight.
- Additionally, it aids digestion, facilitating better nutrient absorption.
Effective for:
Combatting greying hair, reducing hair fall, and stimulating hair growth.
Sarvangasana
Shoulder Stand
How to Perform:
- Known as the shoulder stand, begin by lying flat on the ground with legs together.
- Lift both legs simultaneously, raising hips and feeling the weight on shoulders and neck.
- Keep legs straight, hold for 45 seconds, then slowly lower legs back down. Repeat several times.
Benefits:
- This pose applies pressure to the neck and throat, stimulating blood circulation to the thyroid gland.
- This gland secretes hormones vital for hair growth.
Effective for:
Addresses bald spots and promotes healthy hair root growth.
Ushtrasana
Camel Pose
How to Perform:
- Sit on the ground on your knees.
- Now bend backwards and with your right hand, grab your right ankle, following the same with your left limbs as well.
- Arch your back outwards and lean your head backwards.
- Hold the position for about 10 seconds before letting go and repeating the process a few more times.
Benefits:
- It helps in activating the nerve endings that are responsible for blood circulation to the scalp.
Effective for:
Helps with hair fall control and promotes faster hair growth.
Shirshasana
Headstand Pose for Hair Growth
How to Perform:
- Intertwine your fingers together but leave your palms open like a book.
- Now, get down on your elbows and knees.
- Place your head on your palms and begin to straighten your legs up, setting your weight on your toes instead of your knees.
- Now fold one leg in towards your chest before raising it up straight, making a 90-degree angle with the ground.
- Now lift your other leg up as well. Beginners can practice against a wall first.
Benefits:
- It turns the flow and circulation of the blood to your scalp, making your hair follicles receive more nutrition.
Effective for:
Hair fall, greying of hair, and dandruff.
Adho Mukho Savasana
Downward Dog Pose
How to Perform:
- Start with all four limbs in a straight dog position.
- The elbows and knees should be straight.
- Now, push the hips out and pull the stomach inwards so that the body makes an inverted ‘V’ shape.
- The legs should be hip wide apart and hands should have a shoulder’s distance in between them.
- Elongate the neck and press the palms to the ground. Hold this position for a few breaths.
Benefits:
- Enhances blood circulation to the head. Effective against the common cold as it improves sinus activity.
- Helpful for insomnia, depression and mental fatigue.
Effective for:
Strengthening the hair follicles and faster hair growth.
Has a positive effect on the scalp
Vajrasana
The Diamond Pose
How to Perform:
- Begin by kneeling on a mat, ensuring your heels touch your bottom.
- Rest your palms gently on your thighs.
- Initially challenging, but with consistent practice, endurance improves.
Benefits:
- This pose redirects blood flow from the lower body towards the head and scalp due to the torso’s weight.
- Additionally, it aids digestion, facilitating better nutrient absorption.
Combatting greying hair, reducing hair fall, and stimulating hair growth.
Effective For:
Sarvangasana
Shoulder Stand
How to Perform:
- Known as the shoulder stand, begin by lying flat on the ground with legs together.
- Lift both legs simultaneously, raising hips and feeling the weight on shoulders and neck.
- Keep legs straight, hold for 45 seconds, then slowly lower legs back down.
- Repeat several times.
Benefits:
- This pose applies pressure to the neck and throat, stimulating blood circulation to the thyroid gland.
- This gland secretes hormones vital for hair growth.
Addresses bald spots and promotes healthy hair root growth.
Effective For:
Ushtrasana
Camel Pose
How to Perform:
- Sit on the ground on your knees.
- Now bend backwards and with your right hand, grab your right ankle, following the same with your left limbs as well.
- Arch your back outwards and lean your head backwards.
- Hold the position for about 10 seconds before letting go and repeating the process a few more times.
Benefits:
- It helps in activating the nerve endings that are responsible for blood circulation to the scalp.
Helps with hair fall control and promotes faster hair growth.
Effective For:
Shirshasana
Headstand Pose for Hair Growth
How to Perform:
- Intertwine your fingers together but leave your palms open like a book.
- Now, get down on your elbows and knees.
- Place your head on your palms and begin to straighten your legs up, setting your weight on your toes instead of your knees.
- Now fold one leg in towards your chest before raising it up straight, making a 90-degree angle with the ground.
- Now lift your other leg up as well. Beginners can practice against a wall first.
Benefits:
- It turns the flow and circulation of the blood to your scalp, making your hair follicles receive more nutrition.
Hair fall, greying of hair, and dandruff.
Effective For:
Adho Mukho Savasana
Downward Dog Pose
How to Perform:
- Start with all four limbs in a straight dog position.
- The elbows and knees should be straight.
- Now, push the hips out and pull the stomach inwards so that the body makes an inverted ‘V’ shape.
- The legs should be hip wide apart and hands should have a shoulder’s distance in between them.
- Elongate the neck and press the palms to the ground.
- Hold this position for a few breaths.
Benefits:
- Enhances blood circulation to the head.
- Effective against the common cold as it improves sinus activity.
- Helpful for insomnia, depression and mental fatigue.
Strengthening the hair follicles and faster hair growth.
Has a positive effect on the scalp