Thoughts…
Today as I was heading out, I saw a young school girl carrying her school bag. Nothing special except that one of her legs was limping. Her foot was turned really outwards and she was walking with much difficulty as she limped along against the rush of people down the street.
When I saw this, I felt sad for her and that I was really really lucky. Born with perfectly working limbs and healthy body. I have full mobility and can much enjoy any activities that I wish. How blessed! I am blessed!
And to think that when I just hurt a toe or get a slight ache in my leg, I could not do yoga class. A small little injury like these, and it rendered me so much inconvenience… what about people like this girl? Then I thought about how women in the old days especially in China, where they were belittled and do not enjoy any freedom or rights. Look at us now….I can practically do anything that I wish to and there is nothing to stop me.
Sometimes we just do not think of how lucky we really are despite the obstacles we meet in life.
Sooooo… what’s stopping me from doing my headstand? 
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Back to Fun Sunday…
Sunday afternoon was a blast at the beach. Beach Yoga!
First a round of frisbee by all the guys. 3 guys throwing frisbee at each other. And doing yoga poses at the same time. Hahaha… Meanwhile I was the self-appointed photographer, snapping at anyone who had a pose or two. I managed to capture a few great action shots with the frisbee flying in the air and the person flying or doing a yoga pose. It was really fun and so cool when you see all the fun poses captured.
Maybe I am meant to be a yoga-action photographer? Hee… ( I had my phase on photography… where I spent thousands of dollars on the equipment… those were the days… )
Then we did inversions like handstand, pincha and varying number of poses on the beach. Bo was hoping that by trying out handstands in the sand will help allay the fear of falling in all of us. With the wind blowing, the sky slightly downcast (not too hot and humid), palm trees and coconut trees swaying, it was a lovely setting for a relaxing inversion class… The sand was not as those lovely white fine particles as all would liked ( think white long sandy beach with clear crystal blue sea water ) but soft enough to fall on.
First time trying handstand on sand and it was pretty hard… the sand was soft and get sunk in easily. This made it hard for the hands to grip. I am still fearful even on the sand. I did kicked up but I fell hard on my head and back. Shirley said my arms were bent… I guess I was not hugging in. I was more of like “ok, let’s kick up and fall” mentality… and hence the lack of focus and control. Oh boy, I think my head did feel funny after that. So, nope, I think my fear of falling over from handstand is not cured… yet.
We did some dropbacks too… and I think I am finally cured of fear of dropbacks as I was able to do my drop backs with control slowly and without fear. I did the same thing on Monday night class without help and I was not as fearful. I just thought “just back bend as low as possible and then reach out the hands and I can already touch the floor”. yey!
Then we did some group photos. I love these group photos as we can all do and have fun. We even had two dogs joining us in action… haha
It was a nice day at the beach!
