"Inversions" workshop II

[flexagon]

I just got back from a long-awaited inversions workshop with Ana Forrest, who's a big name in the western yoga world.

This is the kind of thing Ana's famous for:



So one wonders where, in this workshop, the inversions went. In two and a half hours we did two forearm stand poses, one handstand and no headstands. We did do some evil, boot-campy ab work, some pranayama I wasn't familiar with, and some sequences leading up to koundinyasana, one-legged crow and an (admittedly very cool) shoulderstand variation called twisted cypress. Perhaps I should be more forgiving -- one-legged crow is almost an inversion if you get the free leg up really high -- but I just don't feel forgiving. For this I risked my hamstring, even though I quit my regular yoga studio for a month to avoid reinjuring it? Bah. I feel like I've barely been upside-down today.

Comments

[nahele-101.livejournal.com]

ever tried acroyoga?

its full of inversions, only its with a partner. i've seen some pics you posted up, and it seems you do several of the poses they use in that style.

its freaking fun!

that woman stole my name!

[flexagon]

Yes, I've done it with nevers and then done the things she taught me with a few local friends, but never anything advanced because nobody seems to teach it in Boston. :_(

[nahele-101.livejournal.com]

i think its a west coast thing.

BUT, i know the people who teach it travel around a bunch. So...there is hope!

or come to burningman, as they are there and you can do yoga and gymnastics and dancing and flailing to your hearts content 24/7.

:)

[flexagon]

burning man DOES sound tempting, for just that reason. Hmmmmmmm... *considers*