Learning How To Headstand | Practicing and Watching YouTube Videos

In March 2019, a friend invited me to join a yoga class. I've never done yoga in my life before, and I had no plans of doing it. She told me that the class was a beginner's class and that she would pay for it. I took her offer, and I'm glad I did because I've been doing yoga ever since.

_{The yoga studio where I did my first class.}

In my third class, the teacher told us to do a headstand against the wall. I've never done a headstand before and never dreamt of doing it. But with her guidance, I was able to go upside and lean against the wall while doing a headstand.

Since then, I've played around with the pose, not taking it seriously. There were times when I was out with friends on vacation; we'd do some headstands and fall on our backs or our faces.

When the pandemic hit, I got more serious with my yoga practice. I did a 30-day program by watching online yoga videos on YouTube. I became more aware of the different poses and which ones I could and couldn't do. Handstand was the ultimate dream, but I saw a video saying learning to master the headstand was more accessible and would help me get used to being upside down.

When yoga studios reopened, my friends and I decided to join a Hatha Yoga class. It was my first time doing Hatha. You can watch the video of that class through this 3Speak video. One of the things we had to do was do a headstand at the end of the class.

The yoga teacher assisted us in doing a headstand without a wall. I've never successfully done a headstand without a wall. It scares me to lift off without a wall nearby to keep me upright. But the teacher was good, and he gave out cues on how to do the proper form for the headstand. I could only hold it for a second or two, but I did it. You watch the video of it below.