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@midddeb If tripod headstand makes you feel like there is too much weight on the neck, a traditionally bound headstand can offer more support. You have the whole length of your forearms to press into, and can use that to keep the weight out of your neck. In tripod, it is a big load on the...

@rsaeger The headstand is sirsasana, the second one is a hollow back version of pincha mayurasana (feathered peacock pose), and the third one is called bakasana (crane pose) when the hands are backward and titibhasana (firefly pose) if the hands face forward. For the forearm stand, I did a lot...

@fwchsn2 It's wild. Inversions are one thing, but man, add a backward bend that stimulates your central nervous system and at first it seems like a recipe for anxiety. But if you can get a few deep, even breaths as you ease into the back bend, it calms the heart rate down a little bit and the...

@groo101 I made a video of different ways to approach headstand. I'm amazed when I think that this time last year this seemed utterly impossible. I've been working on back flexibility too, and simultaneously getting less afraid of being upside down in this pose. It's more about trusting that...

@fromgenesistorevelation Hooray! Continue to enjoy your training. Yoga teacher training was just amazing at giving me a kind of body awareness I didn't have before. So much mindfulness.