25/05/2025
“老师,我的手没有力,我不敢上去,我一定做不到。”
这是小盈在第一次尝试半手倒立时对我说的话。
她站在墙前,手掌微微发抖,脸上是满满的不安。
小盈是一位上班族,长年使用电脑,肩膀僵硬、手腕无力,连下犬式都觉得吃力。
她很怀疑自己怎么可能把脚放到墙上、身体撑起来,甚至“倒立”——听起来简直像是不可能的任务。
一开始,她连10秒都撑不住,手腕酸、腰也塌,但我告诉她:“在艾扬格练习中,不是你服从体式,而是体式会回应你的正位。”
转折发生在第3周。
那天,小盈站上垫子,自己主动说:“老师,我想再试一次那个L型倒立。”
她稳稳地放好双手,脚一步步踩上墙,我引导她:“伸直手肘,尾骨朝脚跟延伸,内腿贴紧,眼睛看前方。”
她做到了。
手不再发抖,肩膀不再逃避,她的身体在告诉她:“我可以。”
那一刻,她流下眼泪。不是因为姿势完美,而是她第一次感受到内在的信任感——对自己、对身体的支持。
我们练习半手倒立不是为了“倒立”而倒立,而是透过倒立,练习面对自己的恐惧、建立力量与觉知。
艾扬格瑜伽不是快速,而是精准;不是做对,而是做深。
"Teacher, my hands have no strength. I’m scared to go up. I just can’t do it."
That’s what Siao Ying said to me the first time she attempted Half Handstand (Ardha Adho Mukha Vrksasana).
She stood in front of the wall, her palms slightly trembling, her face full of unease.
Siao Ying is an office worker who spends long hours at a computer. Her shoulders are tight, her wrists weak — even Downward Dog feels challenging.
She couldn’t imagine how she could possibly place her feet on the wall, hold herself up, or even invert — it all sounded impossible.
At the beginning, she couldn't hold even 10 seconds in the pose. Her wrists ached, her lower back sagged.
But I gently reminded her:
"In Iyengar Yoga, you don’t obey the pose. The pose responds to your alignment."
The turning point came in week three.
That day, she stood on the mat and said to me,
“Teacher, I want to try the L-shaped handstand again.”
She placed her hands steadily, stepped one foot up, then the other.
I guided her:
“Straighten your elbows. Tailbone toward the heels. Inner legs active. Gaze forward.”
She did it.
Her hands stopped shaking.
Her shoulders stopped retreating.
Her body was telling her:
“I can.”
In that moment, tears came to her eyes. Not because the pose was perfect —
but because, for the first time,
she felt a deep trust from within — trust in herself, and in her own body.
We don’t practice Half Handstand just to “invert.”
We practice to face fear, build strength, and awaken self-awareness.
Iyengar Yoga is not about speed. It is about precision.
Not about doing it right, but doing it deeply.
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