'Couldn't feel my toes': Yoga teacher who held scorpion pose for 29 minutes to break Guinness World Record

An Indian Yoga teacher held the scorpion pose for more than 29 minutes to break the Guinness World Record for the longest time to hold the scorpion position in Dubai. Yash Moradiya, 21, held the nerve-wracking pose for 29 minutes and 4 seconds, dwarfing the previous Guinness World Record of 4 minutes, 47 seconds.

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Updated Jun 23, 2022, 19:12 IST

Indian Yoga teacher holds the scorpion position for 29 minutes, 4 seconds, to break a Guinness World Record | Picture courtesy: GWR

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An Indian Yoga teacher held the scorpion pose for more than 29 minutes to break the Guinness World Record for the longest time to hold the scorpion position in Dubai.

Yash Moradiya, 21, a non-residential Indian who lives in Dubai, held the nerve-wracking pose for 29 minutes and 4 seconds, dwarfing the previous Guinness World Record of 4 minutes, 47 seconds.

"The scorpion position is all about stability,” he told Guinness World Records. “The longer you hold the pose, the better you learn to establish your mental resilience," the instructor explained.

Moradiya said he spent close to two years training his body to be able to sustain the pose, also known as Vrischikasana, which involves balancing your body with your forearms placed firmly on the floor and legs arched over the head.

The practitioner has been doing Yoga ever since he was 8 years old in 2001 and got his certification in 2017. However, the scorpion pose can take an extensive physical toll on the body of even seasoned Yogis like him, who recalls feeling the strain about 10 minutes into the asana.

"I was not feeling my toes, and my hip and back numbed before feeling so much pain throughout," Moradiya said.

He believes tapping into “self confidence” and mental resilience was the trick to seeing the challenge through.

"Breaking a Guinness World Record was a celebration for a long-waited moment in my life,” he said. “I started thinking about it five years ago and committed myself to it for two whole years," he added.

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