ashtanga yoga question on handstands

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Arturo,

Welcome to the world of "fear of falling"!

We all have it, to one degree or another. I am

especially fearful of falling backwards because I have

the beginning stages of osteoporosis and a good fall

can mean fractured bones.

 

Doing inversions against a wall -- and then

incrementally moving further and further away from the

wall as you gain confidence in your pose -- is a good

way to conquer the fear. After a while you won't

realize how far the wall is from you and you will soon

fiind yourself in the middle of the room!

Goo luck,

JoAnne

 

--- volae <volae wrote:

> Hi All

>

> I have a question on pointers you may have on

> handstands, which is usually my biggest challenge.

> After about 4 years of practice I'm doing handstands

> for the first time pretty regularly. However, as is

> usually my problem with this asana, I fell last

> Friday and landed hard on my right toes. My big toe

> on the right foot has been hurting when I walk. I

> don't think anything broke, but when I bend the toes

> in walking, I feel pain on the right foot. How long

> do you all think it will take for the pain to

> subside in a toe injury? What advice do you have for

> making the handstand better? I do it against a wall,

> since I'm not brave enough yet to do it in the

> middle of the floor. I press the hands firmly once

> I'm up, making the hands strong while I push. I

> probably was distracted and not present in the

> moment when I fell. I have no problem with other

> inversions such as pincha mayurasanas, the

> headstands, and the like, other than I usually

> practice near a wall on some of them, because of a

> fear of falling. I suppose I need to develop more

> control and balance.

>

> Thanks,

> Arturo in San Francisco

>

>

 

 

 

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