Yoga was fantastic this weekend. We had a weekend off, and I realized how much I missed it. We are focusing on shoulders now, and Nancy surprised us by saying, “We’ll be working on Ardo Mukha Vrksasana today.” Ardo Mukha Vrksasana is downward facing tree, or, handstand.

shudder

Handstand? NANCY COME ON. We haven’t even talked about downward dog and now you want to talk about handstand? Please. I have never done a handstand. Ever.

At my gynmastics class in Bellevue (Westside Club!) we used to have to do handstand into somersaults. I put this into my floor routine because I couldn’t do a handstand but I could throw my legs over my head and fall really well. I got critiqued multiple times to first hold the handstand before letting my body fall over. Never happened.

So, I’m 24. Let’s do a handstand.

And I kid you not, I did it. I did a handstand. We all did! Some people could get up more easily than others, but we all did a lot of prep. Feet on chairs, feet on walls, running and kicking up, assisted hand stand. Awesome. It was so much fun to cheer for people and let out a yell of WHOA I AM DOING THIS!

I am going to keep practicing, and when I can do an unassisted, baller handstand, I will post a picture. Cross my heart.

This is short, I have more to write, but will save it when I have more time. Lovelove.

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