UAE man attempts Guinness Record for longest 'Shirshasana'

June 21, 2015 22:56

A 40-year-old Dubai-based man today stood on his head for 61 minutes in an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record to mark the first International Yoga Day.

Ivan Stanley, a Dubai-based advertising professional, broke his own previous record of 34 minutes of Shirsasana.

"It feels nice but a little disorienting. Those last five minutes were impossible, perhaps the longest of my life," Stanley was quoted as saying by the Emirates 247 News.

Shirsasana or the headstand, is often called the king of asanas or postures in yoga. A few minutes of standing upside down, balancing on your head, can send the blood rushing.

"In yoga, there is a concept we learn called 'swadhyay' or self-study. It is the moment when you go beyond your comfort zone when you start discovering who you really are; your true strength.

"I believe in pushing myself beyond my comfort zone and thought why not take the International Yoga Day as my stepping stone," Stanley, who is fluent in English, Hindi, Marathi and Malayalam, said.

Stanley said he had full faith in himself to to headstand for 61 minutes.

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