Day 15

A-m-a-z-i-n-g day! Absolutely amazing!

Today, for the first time in 25-30 years, I did a headstand! Yes, a headstand. Me, the grandmother! The last time I did one, my girls were young (long before my son), and I put my legs high in the air to amuse them.

Full disclosure time: I used props - two chairs to be precise. They were placed, seats facing, about a neck's width apart from one another next to the wall. My head went beneath the seats, my shoulders rested on them, and my feet soared above them! Awesome, awesome, awesome!

The upside-down feeling, with the blood rushing to my head, used to make me laugh when I was young, and time has not diminished the joy. There's something about viewing the world the wrong way round that tickles my funny bone.

Standing on my head was my pie-in-the-sky goal for my next birthday in January. When my teacher, S., heard about my ambition, he said there was no reason we couldn't do it today. I nearly fell over. Today? Isn't my core too weak? Nope. S. assured me my core was plenty strong; it was the belief in my ability that was weak. He proceeded to prove it to me.

Talk about a major attitude adjustment. Instead of worrying that I'm too old/awkward/stiff/chubby for this style of yoga, I believe I can do it. Impossible though many of the postures may appear to be, I'm not ruling out any of the them yet!

Best of all, the pose has been assigned as part of my daily routine. Imagine, I'm required to hang upside down every day. Wowzers!