After our arm balances, we took a 15-minute restorative break - child's pose, reclining baddhakonasana with a 3-part breath. We then moved everyone to the wall for our last restorative pose - legs up the wall, always a crowd-pleaser! Our first inversion was headstand. This is the only time that Sara remembered to take pictures, so all the photos are of people in headstand!
Two newcomers to Blue Point and to yoga did beautiful headstands!
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Preparing for headstand...
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And they're up!
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Gorgeous!
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Anne-Marie is a headstand pro!
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And Phyllis does her first unassisted headstand ever! Go Phyllis!
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The spectators are impressed..
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Then came handstand. We learned about escape strategies for middle-of-the-room handstands - falling into wheel or walking on your hands. Lots of people practiced L-shaped handstand. And Sara demonstrated one-armed handstand, although everyone was too tired at that point to try it! Brooks did a beautiful forearm stand into scorpion. We finished with some long stretching and twists.
It was such a fun and beautiful afternoon and a great way to spend a blustery, hurricaney type of day.
Om Shanti!