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My face got hot. I felt the flash of shame rush over me, so I stared at the floor as I regained my balance. “Fuck this pose,” I whispered. I had just fallen out of Half Moon pose. All around me, these limber people were holding this crazy sideways balancing pose like they were ballerinas... And I was over here stomping around like a bull in a china shop, falling all over myself. Seriously, f*ck this pose, I thought. On the way out of that class, my teacher stopped me. “Do you have a minute?” he asked. Uh oh, I thought. I must be in trouble. [Notice the story I was telling myself! If the teacher wants to talk, I’m in trouble!] “Notice what happened there when you fell out of Half Moon?” he asked. “How often does that happen in your life, when something doesn’t come super easily to you, you let your frustration take over?” 😳 😳 😳 Oh. No. He. Didn’t. I thought to myself, who are you to call me out like that, Sir? And then I took a minute to reflect. And holy sh*t, he was right. Not only did I let my frustration get the best of me on a regular basis... 🛑 But I compared myself to other people... 🛑 I gave up when things got tough... 🛑 And had a million reasons why I couldn’t change my life... 🛑 Quit my job to start my own business... 🛑 Leave my toxic relationship at the time.... That was the first time I started to understand what it means that the yoga mat is a mirror for your life. How you do one thing, is how you do everything. Very soon after that, I met handstand. And it humbled me more than anything else in my life. Forget Half Moon!! Handstand put me front and center with all of my limiting beliefs: 😫 I can’t do that!! 😫 My wrists & shoulders are too weak 😫 I was never a gymnast as a child 😫 I’m not athletic enough 😫 It’s gonna take too long to learn 😫 I just CAN’T get off the wall no matter how hard I try Turns out, none of that is actually true, and none of it matters. Those were stories I was telling myself to stay in my comfort zone. It’s much easier to say “it’s too hard” than it is to actually show up and do the work. It’s easier to say “see, I told you I can’t do that” than it is to actually BECOME the person who does that. And thanks to the teacher who pulled me aside after class and held up the mirror for me... I saw that those stories were the very same ones that were showing up everywhere else in my life and preventing me from choosing FREEDOM and JOY. They were the same stories keeping me stuck in the job and stuck in the relationship. As long as I chose to fight for my limitations instead of my possibilities, I stayed stuck in my life... And my handstand didn’t balance. Once I understood that fighting for my possibilities was a choice I could make, everything shifted. I became someone who designed my life instead of someone who felt like a victim to her circumstances. I went from waiting for my life to change... Waiting for someone to give me permission to shine.... To transforming my life from the inside out and creating a life that causes me to pinch myself every day. Once I saw that I was the one standing in my own way of both my handstand AND my ideal life... I couldn’t unsee it. Today, not only do I stand on my hands and teach others how to do the same.... But I run an an transformational online yoga school that impacts people all over the world and brings me joy and fulfillment beyond what I thought was possible. I lead yoga retreats around the world with my partner where we get to make a difference for people in a way that lights up our souls. I wouldn’t be here today if I hadn’t embodied the lessons that I learned chasing that handstand. And that’s why, at Yogi Flight School, we don’t just focus on the cues and the drills you need to balance your arm balance and inversions. Those are absolutely vital... AND!!! If you don’t do the mental work to overcome how you’re standing in your own way... If you don’t break through fear that’s stopping you from taking your practice off the wall... If you don’t re-write the stories that keep you thinking you need to be stronger, more flexible or otherwise better than you are right now to pop into an arm balance in yoga class... Those things will keep you from your goals. Not just on the mat -- but in life. Making incredible shapes with your body is about who you become on the way there. It’s about the things you get to let go of, and embracing the confident, strong, trusting and courageous version of you that comes out on the other side. If this story resonates with you... If you’ve been dying to unlock your handstand or other arm balances for years but something has been stopping you from getting all the way there... If you see parallels in your life where there’s something you really want but you’re stopping yourself from taking the steps you need to get there... It’s all connected, and I’ve got something to help... I’m hosting a LIVE arm balance and inversions training On Zoom, April 18th, 2026 With my team of Yogi Flight School arm balances & inversions coaches. Yes we’ll go deep into the nitty gritty of arm balance and inversion technique... AND, we will start to dismantling the stories that have kept you small so you can own your time on your mat and feel like the badass that you are. You can keep saying “I really want to handstand” or “I reeeeally wanna unlock my crow pose” but get nowhere near after year... Or you can join a training that is designed to not just give you the techniques you need to make it happen, but help you get your mind right to make it happen. Because news flash - it’s not your BODY that’s stopping you from balancing. It’s the stuff in between your ears :) Click the button below to sign up. A REPLAY will be available to watch until April 23rd if you can’t attend live.