#core aplenty

I couldn't think of a better way to practice while I'm home for Thanksgiving than to spend 60 minutes on my core with Kathryn Budig (on www.yogaglo.com of course). It's amazing how solid your core becomes in a class like this that you become more stable in your inversions. We took handstand for 1 minute towards the beginning of class and I really did have that "wet noodle back," all slithery like a snake, but after 40 minutes of our practice we took an inversion of our choice for 3-4 minutes. I started in handstand, went to pincha mayurasana and then sirsasana (forearm stand to headstand), and I could definitely tell the difference in my back. I was sucking everything in to create a firm core. Let's see how it holds up while I stuff my face with Thanksgiving fixings...