Almost...
I almost did a headstand. In yoga, last Friday morning, our instructor mentioned that we would all move to the wall and attempt headstands and handstands. A few of us exchanged "yeah, right" glances with each other. We all went ahead and moved our mats to the nearest wall. I had attempted and succeeded in nailing a headstand a few years ago but I think it was sort of a fluke. It felt triumphant. But, I have missed many workouts since that time and I wasn't feeling sure of myself. So, I laced my fingers together, tented my pinkies as the base of my stand. I inverted the crown of my head to the floor with the back of my head pressing into the bowl my hands made. I walked my feet towards my head and kicked up into a headstand. Almost. I tried, again. And, again. And, again. I could get one leg up and straight and the other would almost reach the top. The second leg couldn't quite make it. The woman next to me said, "...
