headstands

i am taking two yoga classes here at columbia.  the one on mondays is a basic class...and it's pretty basic.  it's important to focus on the basics - make sure you're doing the pose exactly right - but that gets a little boring sometimes, particularly since a lot of people in this class have never done yoga before.  knowing this, the second class i signed up for is an intermediate class that meets on wednesdays.  i've never taken an intermediate class even though i've been practicing yoga for probably 5 years...and i am 100% the worst person in this class.  but i don't even care.  i can play along with all of it and modify as i need to.

the intermediate teacher is having us practice headstands.  this was initially very intimidating to me, but the teacher is great and she is working us into it.  some of the people in the class just throw themselves up into a headstand like it's nothing, while a couple of us scoot our mats over to the wall and work with the instructor.  i am at the middle step in this picture - which is really the first step, but whatever.  actually, i'm more in this step - you make yourself into an upside down v and then walk your legs up the wall.  it is hard and i can only hold it for about 5 seconds, but presumably i will keep getting stronger and stronger and someday, who knows.  maybe i'll do a real headstand.  that would be fancy.


additionally (and on an unrelated note), i haven't been posting many pictures recently because it feels like all i do is go to class, eat, go to the library, sleep, repeat.  it's midterms time and the library is PACKED, so i know i'm not the only one with a lot on my plate.  the good news is that i turned in my last midterm-y paper today, so i will get to be a real person for a while this weekend.  hooray!!  my plan is to take some long walks and capture some pictures of fall in new york.  stay tuned.  i'm also going to try to go to the new four freedoms park on roosevelt island - looks beautiful, and i need some FDR quotes in my life right now.

anyone else more excited about election day than halloween?  i'm like, "oh right...a costume," whereas i have my election night outfit ALL PLANNED OUT.  stay tuned.