When Failing At Yoga Is a Valid Strategy

You know the crow to chaturanga jump back?

Well, if you're just starting out, you should jump back and flop down on to your belly (basically fail at doing the jump back).

Do this a couple of times.

What you are doing as you flop, is you're starting to learn how much strength it'll take not to flop. Pretty tricky eh?

Next step is to start to slow down your descent. You're still flopping/failing, but now you're starting to exert control. Ah ha!

Pretty soon you are controlling the descent.

Pretty soon you're not flopping.

Same applies when transitioning from handstand to say koundinyasana 1. Picture please....

So, imagine the chick in the pic is you and you're in handstand.

What you'd do, is start to twist your torso in handy and lower your body (in twisted position) until you flop onto the floor, with that right leg out to the left hand side.

You do this a heap of times. Then you start to control the descent. Then you land it!

This is how we advance in yoga by failing.

CU in class failing at yoga, J.