First #yoga post in months. Today I dared myself to a full 90 min regular home practice and it was humbling and so educational. I hadn't practiced as regularly while working in New York on the film. Then life happened with wedding celebrations and travels and eventually an illness and a surgery. All sorts of excuses. I lost strength, flexibility, balance... But by coming back to the mat, I learned something new about myself. Because I had such a fear of tearing wounds open, I paid extra attention to my healing process, especially in my abdomen and core area, where I have those three incisions (I like to pretend I got stabbed fighting off zombies in The Walking Dead). In the beginning, I feared twists and backbends. Then I feared trying inversions and falling. So, just like years ago when I was a beginner to yoga practice, I started off small and worked my way back up. Today, I felt okay enough to try unassisted #handstands. Sure enough, I lost my balance a few times, but realized afterward I was fine. I re-learned all my yoga lessons. Sometimes it's just so good to go back to the basics. #meditation #adhomukhavrksasana #staghandstand #balance #namaste