Outside Headstand Inspiration

I’m having the most frustrating time with headstand. I’ve always been afraid of them because of what Megan was saying about hurting my neck. The other day a friend of mine came over and I decided to try a headstand against the wall. After launching my legs and flailing, and failing, I had her pull my legs up to the wall. I spend so much time doing the windmill-like leg pumping move. If they aren’t already, my legs are gonna be really strong soon! The hardest part for me is getting my legs up and to stick to the wall/stay up. It seems that Sarah and Rachel had a lot of success with the butt-to-the-wall method. When I can invert again, I will definitely try that.

Outside of headstands, I feel like I’m grooving along in yoga. I don’t feel as if I’m making a lot of progress in my downward dog, but Dr. Schultz said we’re all improving. Even if it’s a small margin of change, I’ll take it! Something is better than nothing, and really, not getting worse is part of The Goal. On that note, I saw this great inspirational video on YouTube the other day. The following is from a documentary called “Inspire: The Movie” which followed several people on the journey to better themselves by getting healthy. This particular story caught my attention because he found healing through yoga. (YEAH!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOSdRjUfF_Q

I love a good before and after story. It’s amazing to watch what we can do if we choose to get out of our own way and put our all into something. When I grumbled in frustration about my inability to get my lil legs up to the wall, my friend showed me that video. Dude does a headstand in it! I was so proud! I’m going to start practicing every day until I can stay in headstand with my legs up unassisted. Eventually, I’ll do the “bunny hop” version :D