Yes, this is my 2 second peacock dance. 
Pincha Mayurasana where pincha is feather and mayura is peacock. So my feather of my peacock was up for 2 seconds… I have witness too! haha…
Finally a 2 second balance on my own. The feeling was light, quite unlike the rest of the times I was trying so hard. This time was just go up with one leg as high as possible, then lift the other leg with a tiny skip ( close to the wall of course… ).
Am I getting it? OMG, pincha before headstand balance…
Some great tips I gathered from teachers to get into Pincha Mayurasana (here’s an article on it by Yoga Journal) :
1. Find a wall or a friend as a wall.
2. Go down on all fours. Measure the forearm distance to be shoulder distance apart by grabbing your opposite elbows. try to keep the distance slightly closer as when you go up, the elbows tend to stray out.
3. Ground your forearms strongly. Your fingers should be spread out and fingers to be gripping the floor.
4. Melt your heart towards the floor. This will ensure that your arms will be connected to your shoulders. Integrated.
5. Move into downward dog with your legs. Then walk in. Using one leg, lift it as high as possible and the other leg to tiptoe. Then using a little hop, lift the other leg to meet the lifted leg. If you want, come up against the wall with both legs first.
6. Once up, remember to flex your foot and engage the legs. Think of them as one unit, keep them engaged.
7. Here, you can melt your heart again and then extend and try balancing with the legs off the wall.
Then, come down slowly with one leg and land softly on the floor ( control your movement down to build your core at the same time )
OM~
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