A New Accomplishment…
by carl on Mar.16, 2010, under Acro Yoga, Yoga
Long have I watched in amazement as people went from standing into backbend, never imagining in my wildest dreams that I’d ever be able to overcome the fear and actually do it myself. Well, the other day I was teaching and I actually did it on my own! Wow! It’s been quite some time since I had the sudden jump up in ability resulting in the attainment of the pose (of course, I know that there, in fact, was nothing “sudden” about it…it’s something I’ve been working on pretty continuously in acro for quite awhile), and it really feels great to be able to do it at least once. Now the challenge is to do it again, and become proficient. Once again, must give thanks for the expertise of my teachers; in this case, Vladimir.
Thanks also this week are due to Jen at Lululemon, who signed me up for their product research and development team (sounds more impressive than it is…but you do get a 15% discount for evaluating their clothes).
(update) The first one was followed by several today, and a feeling of confidence. Now, THAT is an accomplishment! Also, would like to mention that I was able to stand up from the same backbend at least a couple of times without help. Very nice. Once again, I am grateful to Vladimir for his ability to get me to this point.
March 16th, 2010 on 6:16 pm
Very nice. Congrats!
March 17th, 2010 on 8:13 am
Thanks Becky! It’s almost as much fun helping people into this as it is doing it yourself.
March 17th, 2010 on 2:59 pm
I’m pretty sure I can do it by myself. I just FREAK OUT at the end. I think I need to construct some kind of soft landing surface…just in case I really can’t.
March 18th, 2010 on 10:02 pm
It took a lot of practice with help, for me. The ending, of course, is where the rubber meets the road, so to speak. That’s the point of fear, which needs to be overcome. Try using the wall…people say that’s an effective technique. I just needed more help, I suppose.
March 24th, 2010 on 8:50 pm
I just tried a bit with a soft chair to fall on. Of course I didn’t fall on the chair because I panicked first.
I drop back far enough to be ready to bring my hands down. It’s moving the hands that leads to the panic.
On the bright side, dropping that far, then coming back up is working my abs.
March 29th, 2010 on 8:45 am
Sounds like good progress. Using a chair, couch or wall is recommended if alone.
March 29th, 2010 on 3:38 pm
I can do it with the wall.