INVISIBLE WALL

[rydra_wong]

HANDSTAND. I CAN HAZ.

A few minutes ago, I kicked up into handstand about 20cm away from the wall, and instead of landing my feet on the wall, somehow I stopped at vertical. And stayed there. Only for a second or two, but long enough to be amazed.

Oddly, it seems easier to go straight into it than to kick up into a handstand against the wall and then get off the wall.

There's also something shifting in my understanding of the alignment; practicing the other day, I had a sudden sense of it as standing on my hands, just like standing on my feet in tadasana, rather than as a balance or inversion. If that makes any sense at all, which I'm not sure it does. But that's what it felt like today when I held it.

Comments

[indywind]

Awesome!

I'm playing more with handstand prep lately (well, when not having a sinus headache or wonky blood pressure). It's inspiring to 'see' someone else advance their practice, and the advice (to erika) is great for me too. I am doing more half-handstands and contemplating pushing up from headstand if only I could get my headstand stable. Balance is not my best thing.

[rydra_wong]

Ah, see, I'm nowhere near being able to push up from headstand to handstand. That needs more arm strength than I've got (though I can dream -- one day!).

For regular handstand, you just need to be able to keep your arms locked, which requires much less power.

Balance is not my best thing.

This is why we have walls. *g*

[indywind]

Hooray for walls: making balancing poses accessible to the balance-challenged since, well, pretty much ever.