here's where I'm on handstand

So a big 2016 goal of mine is a free-standing handstand. I've been practicing for a couple months and I'm happy to say I have made progress. But not as much as I had hoped to at this point. I can *sometimes* hold it for a few seconds (max was 5 secs so far). I have to admit I think some of my problem is an unwillingness to focus on the progression rather than the final outcome. I should be spending more time on crow pose, headstand, wall walks, etc., focusing on developing the core and balance, and less time in the actual handstand.  hope let's face it, the handstand is so much fun!

Today I focused on getting in position for the face-to-wall handstand and holding it. For me at least this is much harder than kicking into a handstand. My shoulders are already tired from walking up the wall by the time I get into position and then the feeling once inverted is much harder to hold, I think because my shoulders are pulled, correctly, further back and aligned over my body. I am supposed to get to a 60-sec hold before progressing and today I got to 30-sec. This is actually great progress because I haven't done very many this way because they were harder.

I am going to try to incorporate more of the progressions in my handstand training now that I see I am still really lacking the stabilization aspect. Off to do headstands:)