Malaika Arora nails the headstand yoga pose like a pro in her latest video. WATCH

Malaika Arora: Fitness freak Malaika Arora performs difficult headstand yoga pose like a pro in a video on social media. The Instagram video shared by Malaika's yoga studio Diva Yoga shows the actor acing headstand straddle variations or the Sirsasana with leg splits with ease.

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Yoga can do wonders for you

Yoga has numerous physical and mental health benefits. Regardless of your level of yoga expertise, if you’re practicing regularly, you can feel better from head to toe. Experts say if you have recently recovered from some illness, yoga can do wonders for you. Make it an integral part of your treatment and see it potentially speed up the healing process. It improves the body’s overall flexibility and also helps in fighting various lifestyle-related diseases.

Malaika Arora has made yoga a way of life. The super fit 48-year-old actor often posts snippets of her workout session on Instagram to motivate her fans and followers. In the latest post with Diva Yoga, she can be seen nailing the headstand variation.

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Sporting a lemon and yellow colour racerback sports bra with matching colour shorts, her hair tied in a fuss-free bun, Malaika  demonstrates her next-level core strength in ther video.

The post is captioned, Divas, we love setting goals and crushing them, don't we? For some time now, I have been working on this headstand, and today I'm sharing this achievement with you..

She further writes, “Today I need you to remember that yoga is not about perfection but progress. So show up on the mat every single day, and put in consistent efforts to achieve your goals. And I guarantee you that you will achieve them.”

Benefits of headstand

If you wish to ace headstand, you must be consistent as it is an advanced yoga posture. Headstand or sirahsana helps in relieving stress, increasing focus, improving blood flow, strengthening shoulders and arms, improves digestion.

The posture

-Begin by assuming Vajrasana

-Place your elbows on the ground

-Your interlocked palms and elbows must form an imaginary equilateral triangle

-Place the crown of your head on the floor in front of your palms

-Your palms should act as a support to the back of your head

-Walk with your toes towards your head until your back straightens

-First, lift your right leg up and align it with your upper body

-Use your core strength, balance and lift your left leg up

-Join your legs and point your toes down

-Remain in this position for as long as you are comfortable.

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