Master a difficult yoga pose.

“I remember one class when at the end there was a girl in headstand and I just watched her and thought to myself 'I am going to be able to do that!' but I had to start off slower, lol. So I decided I would learn crow pose and go home and practice and practice until I got it. I remember feeling frustrated and getting mad that I couldn't do it when everyone else seemed able to do it. I was strong enough to do, I just had to practice. I remember the first time I got crow in class...it was the first time I let go of the competition and my expectations and just let my body do its thing, and I did it! I held crow for 5 full deep beautiful breaths and jumped back into low plank and flowed through the vinyasa! It was wonderful! It was at that exact moment that I realized that my head had been getting in the way of the beauty of my practice. I was there every saturday for 6 weeks before I finally 'got it'.”

“I like to find poses that are not in the normal deck asanas and explore them. The one that I started working on over the last few months was Super Soldier and about a week ago I managed to morph into it with confidence. It took a lots and lots of attempts and using the wall as a prop. I actually nailed it during a class when the teacher told everyone to find any pose they needed to complete their practice. I moved into the pose and held it for about a dozen seconds. An older woman, whom I call my yoga momma, came up to me a soon as we were done, grabbed me, and asked, "Walter!! What the heck was that??”