Dare to Take the leap

Today I take the LEAP into my first blog post ever! Daring to expose my philosophies, dreams, and experiences with you in an effort bring something positive to any reader of this blog.

I have been contemplating how taking action in the direction of a fear or some seemingly unreachable goal often takes A LOT of effort. I'm always looking for ways to trick myself into doing exactly what I think I need to to get over this or to accomplish that.

Photo by ARMLE

Most recently I tackled my fear of attempting inversions in yoga. For years when I was in a class and an inversion came into play I took a seat and did anything but. I would see myself toppling over and really didn't even know where to begin to do them - no matter how much the teacher explained. This week I had a friend who is a yoga teacher come over and teach me the fundamentals of inversions and spot me while I gave it a go. It was surprising to me that I was nervous even though I wasn't even in a class. I guess that's what happens with years of anticipation!

On the first day I was able to do an assisted headstand and hold it for what I felt was a good amount of  time. The second day we were trying something in between a headstand and a handstand - basically balancing on the hands and forearms with the head lifted. That didn't go very smoothly - but I did start getting the idea of how it's supposed to work. The kicker was that later the same day after my second class I spent some time attempting to do a headstand with out a wall or anyone around to help me and I succeeded!

It really is silly how many years I have avoided inversons in yoga and in two days I'm over it. It just goes to show me that often the hold up is asking for the assistance - rather than the actual fear or goal.

Note to self: Learn to ask for help...sooner than later.