Yoga Transition: Crow to Headstand!

I know it's Tuesday, but I want to tell you just how much I love SATURDAYS (because *SPOILER* I whipped up this gif on a Saturday!) I love Saturday mornings SO much. I get to sleep in (although I'm usually up by 8am), I relax on my couch with my morning french-pressed coffee, and then I get my yoga onnnn. One of my favorite yoga transitions is crow to headstand, so I thought I'd share a fun little gif of this variation.

Arm balances can be tricky in the morning if you're not yet balanced or warmed up, so make sure to do a few rounds of sun salutations (with chaturanga dandasana), crescent lunges (maybe with a prayer twist), and really get warm and fluid in the limbs. *Maybe I'll do a little sequence for you this month.

THE BREAKDOWN: > Start in Malasana (squatting with feet flat at the width of your mat) > Make your way into Crow > Lean forward until the crown of your head touches the ground, and you are in a Tripod position > Engage your ab muscles and slowly raise your legs up into a Headstand with control.

Try coming back down slowly in the same way from >>> Headstand, Tripod, Crow, and end in Malasana (or on your bum laughing like me below.)