Stumbling Bumbling Handstand Journey #atozchallenge

A Whimsical Medley – Is my theme for the A to Z Challenge !! Hope you smile today ๐Ÿ™‚
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It’s been over a year since I have been jumping around the wall almost every evening, practicing distorted cartwheels, with hope that someday my core will hold my legs up. I desperately wanted to do some anti gravity funky stuff, you know like a Handstand.

So when one fine February evening, my feet actually were up on the wall, even for a second, it felt like magic!! Took me about 50 jumps before I could hold it in that position. I was sweaty, huffing puffing, on the verge of crying … nothing like the gorgeous intructor on Youtube!! Damn they never sweat or what!!

Of course the next thing I did was to take a video, and post it on instagram… pretending that it’s no big deal. Like my wrists aren’t cursing me or my shoulders weren’t going through hell. But hey, it all worked out.

So how I go about it everyday? I start with cardio, because you need to warm up. I put on some bollywood song, swing my hands, kick my feet, sway my waist, not a pretty sight I tell you. Then some downward dog to low plank transition, just to wake up the wrists. Then come the Planks which somedays I spend lying on the floor watching fitness videos in hope that someday I will be able to do it without pausing {ha ha ha}. Once I am done with all, I try handstand, which is jumping back and forth, against the wall, untill my feet are up atleast for about 5 to 10 breaths.

That’s how Yogis break in the new house 
And then I lie down, in Savasana (the corpse pose), thinking about a packet Cheetos hidden in some corner of the kitchen cabinet.


Along with ClaireParul and Shalini we have formed an Unconventional Alliance with A to Z co-host Pam Margolis as the ring leader … all set to rock the party.

If you are bitten by the travel bug – check out my A to Z of Wanderlust Tales 

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