I have been practicing yoga for over 2 years now and yet I still cannot point out all the various chakras. I am so ashamed… There is a yoga teacher who commented that if you don’t know your chakras, you are not practicing yoga. Oopsy…
Seems like work has taken over most of my life. I realized that I need to do some homework - so I decided to do some research and further reading on the chakras.
Finally…. I feel a tinge of hope that I am getting there for forearm balance. As usual I do need a wall in front of me. I need that sense of security that I am not going to fall. Seems that the older you are, the more fear you build up.
Some Pincha Mayusara tips that may help :
1. Setting up. Measure the distance between your elbows by holding your right elbow with the left hand and left elbow with your right hand while in all fours.
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I love backbends in classes, from Camel ( Ustrasana, see pose), Wheel ( urdhva dhanuraasana, see pose) to Kapotasana ( see pose) and of course, my favorite King Pigeon ( Eka Pada Rajakapotasana - see pose ) –> by the way, just flipping through “Light On Yoga” and Iyengar was doing the fullest pose with his upper lip touching the heel of the back leg 8P wow….inspiring!
Yey, today we are back doing backbends and dropbacks. Woohoo!
Remember my 2 seconds forearm balance? ( pincha mayurasana )
It’s still 2 seconds. Haha…
However I just had a class where Bo teaches us a technique to balance that is used by John Friend ( founder of Anusara yoga ) or from what John Friend do when he goes into handstand or forearm balance.
Everytime you kick up with one leg, make the leg that is going up first to be super strong. Extend thru the balls of your foot that is going up. Straight up and strong. The second leg which is the bouncer ( haha ) to be suspended three quarters up to the top when you “bounce” the leg off the floor before you bring it together with the top leg.
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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…
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