Day 8 : Towards Vipari..... well you know the drill.

Context:  David's Viparīta Chakrāsana exercise

Just a quick post on this as I have to go and let the Chinchilla out.

Practiced the tictac this morning after practice and it went OK, the plan now is to refine refine refine.

I watched David's Video again, 'open the chest, bring the head through',  got it, "chest open, head through, chest open head through..."

As soon as I got home from work I went through my prep and got straight down to it "chest open, head through, chest open head through..."

Thing is I know what I want to do, can pretty much visualize it and even feel it in my body but when I get on the mat...

Too much muscle not enough technique.

I'm still not used to doing handstands away from the wall, straining a little to force it and then hold  it rather than floating it up as usual. I'm trying to lower my legs down more slowly, more straining... too much muscle not enough technique.

Coming up I still haven't got the action, not syncing the breath and movement so getting out of breath, in fact I notice I'm snatching at my breath just as I used to trying to come up from dropbacks. I suspect the breath is key, isn't it always.

I don't know, giving myself another week on this then I'll calm down, do a couple after morning practice ( after dropbacks) and let it come when it's ready.

Might manage to flip back over from the mat by the end of the week, just might but it's not really going to be a tictac. I'd be dropping into UD from handstand, walk my hands in closer, take a couple of run ups and flip over on the second or third attempt, hardly the smooth flip back and forth.

but its a start.

So the Day 8 video, attempting to refine it, to lower more slowly and to try to catch the flip back into Vrschikasana then hold it before taking it up...long way to go still.