Actually, in all classes I took with Swami Vishnu-devananda, he let us do child’s pose before and after headstand. He didn’t let us stand up…
So whenever I teach headstand, I let students do child’s pose before and after headstand. I do the same for my own daily practice. And afterwards comes shoulderstand.

I assume the instructions re. standing up is meant when you do headstand as a stand-alone-Asana: If you just do headstand, then first come to child’s pose. Then do headstand. Then come to… http://bit.ly/9JsBKo