INVISIBLE WALL
Oct. 26th, 2011 04:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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sun_salutationHANDSTAND. 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.
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.
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Date: 2011-10-26 04:04 pm (UTC)As a side note, are you overweight? I am heavily so and I'm beginning to think handstands are just going to be impossible for me unless & until I lose some.
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Date: 2011-10-26 06:31 pm (UTC)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
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Date: 2011-10-29 03:35 am (UTC)You inspired me to try kicking up into an unsupported handstand myself (still against the wall, but without anything under my head) and I made it! Only was able to hold it for about a second before my balance failed me, but it was awesome.
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