Blog on the Lillypad
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
 | Right Angle Handstand
I've been too busy for the last two Monday nights to attend formal yoga class (though I have worked out with tapes at home). But last night I returned. There was no (or very little) concession to my absence. The class was arduous, to say the least. But I guess that my progress hasn't entirely regressed in my absence, for last night I moved on to the next level of exercise, preparing for the handstand. The teacher, Vicki, puts new students in the right angle handstand position. For beginners like me, she actually stands at the student's right shoulder to offer a brace. |
I had thought I would be afraid when it came my turn to try the early handstand poses, but I wasn't. I do have a lot of confidence in my teacher, and she breaks everything down to one step at a time. All of the people in the Monday class are still doing right angle handstands, though some of them no longer need her to brace them at the shoulder, and several can lift one leg straight up, bring it back to the wall, and then lift the other. So they're not very far from doing full handstands. But my guess is that it takes months to move from the right angle handstand to the unsupported, straight up and down version.
