I had a dream about a young girl
teaching me about the scorpion 
asana. So I decided to get back
into the scorpion. 

The scorpion is a reverse posture
and a back bend at the same time. 
In order to be able to get back 
into it, I need to practice 
both aspect. 

The first step is to attain 
balance in the reverse posture. 
Headstand first, but to counter
balance the headstand, shoulder
stand is also needed. From the
head stand, then I can move 
to the peacock feather. It's
similar to the headstand but
the head is not touching the 
ground anymore. 

Once you are in the peacock feather
you're pretty much there for balance
and inversion. You have to start
on the back bend. 

Fish to start with, then the Bow. 
Small bridge, then bridge. 
Once you have a solid bridge, 
you can work your way to bring 
your hands toward your feet. 
When practicing back bend, it's 
important to balance the asana with
forward bending postures. Keep 
in mind that we're often too much
'bent forward' in our days, so 
more back bend is good! 

So where am I at? 

We'll I just got back into 
headstand, and although I can 
be in a headstand, it feels quite 
shaky. Another posture to help in 
the process is the dolphin, which
can help with shoulder strength. 

As far as back stretch, fish is 
okay, small bridge is good. My 
bow is really struggling, so I 
am lacking there. 

I'm glad I continued with Karate
for the last few years, but I haven't
been regular on more powerful yoga
postures. I kept it to standing and 
balancing, but not a lot of reverse
or back bending. 

Now that I moved into the guest
room on top of the house, I do 
have more time and more space, 
enough to be able to have a consistent
practice!