Headstand... It's been years in the making. I consider myself to be someone very in touch with her body, core, pelvic rotation, etc. I have not been able to do headstand, atleast not without help of a person, prop, wall, etc.
Today, I volunteered for the same group of advance teacher trainees to be a guinea pig. Their lead teacher Sadani gave me a one-on-one class on how to do headstand while the trainees observed. Sadani lead me through some postures for preparation:
cakravakasana, varjasana (one sided), adho mukha svanasana, pavritti trikonasana (equal weight and balance), ardha uttanasana (with pelvic rotation), cakravakasana, dolphin, sirsasana. For compensation, sarvangasana, cobra, cakravakasana, apasanasana, and arms overhead supine(feet on floor).
Disappointed in myself and trying not to be, I couldn't lift my feet off the floor. Sadani let me rest in savasana for a few minutes while she wrote down the sequence that we did and gave it to me afterward. She suggested that I practice this sequence daily for going into sirsasana.
I went home and a few hours later, did the practice, and then was able to go into headstand! Yay! The key was in the pelvic rotation. It wasn't my core lacking; it was that I finally figured out where to access that pelvic rotation.
I am a very happy yogini!
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