do a handstand

I am taking yoga to improve flexibility and balance

I can hold myself up and now I will fall over if there is a mat in front of me. Progress!

I can balance on my arms against the wall for 30 seconds…but as soon as I’m away from the wall I’m petrified. It doesn’t matter if there is a mat under me, I’m still scared…and the fear is just getting bigger and bigger!!!!

I’m taking an adults gymnastics class now so hopefully that will help.

I give up on the challenge to do this. I will still do it, just not in time for the challenge. I’ve secretly known it all along and have already begun my punishment of pushups.

Have done nothing in regards to this goal. Have a month to complete. Must research.

I’m terrified of doing handstands because I’m scared I’ll flip over and break my back.

^ Good explanation, no? :D

Really, I just want to keep practicing and getting better with my inversions and arm-balancing poses.

I first learned to do a headstand about 7 years ago, and it was such a great feeling! I started off using the wall, and still always do them near the wall, but almost never fall now and rarely use the wall at all.

I started being able to do some arm-balancing poses over the summer—VERY brief holds, but it still felt like a MASSIVE victory. I’ve never had a shred of upper body strength, and always felt like my wrists were kind of weak, which made it harder. Being able to do these arm-balancing poses felt, viscerally, like some core part of Me had changed for the better. I want to keep growing this, getting and feeling stronger and more capable by the day. I can now hold the arm-balancing poses a little longer; Yay!

I’m also starting to practice doing forearm stands, and just a few weeks ago had a major breakthrough being able to lift myself out of a headstand and into the forearm stand. Felt SO good!!!

Handstand, here I come!!!

It looks like a lot of fun to be able to walk whilst doing a handstand, I want to be able to do this one day.

This is something I have been trying for everytime I go to yoga for the past few weeks. I find it to be exceedingly difficult and kind of scary. I need to conquer my fear of falling and just go for it. I should probably work on strengthening my arms as well too.

There’s a section in my basement where the vent protrudes from the ceiling. It turns out I can do a handstand and touch the vent with my toes. Extremely useful for weight placement. It’s almost like walking on the ceiling. Trippy and cool.