Moshe famously taught David Ben Gurion to do a headstand on the beach in Tel Aviv. To this day, there is a statue of Ben Gurion in a headstand on that beach.

Headstand and falling

I was one of those people who definitely, absolutely, never in a million years could do a headstand. Until I did.

This series must be done carefully, of course. But it IS possible. Don’t worry, it is very slow, and you will not do anything that looks like a headstand unless and until it feels safe. In fact, the study here is not how to stand on your head. Rather, it is how to balance and fall, over and over. A headstand, Moshe says, is just a moment in the process of falling. Even if you never do a headstand, the experience of balancing and falling is profoundly helpful. One of my clients in her 70s used it to prevent injury when she fell on the ice. You never know when it will come in handy.

1 Finding the top of the head, 40 min
2 Beginning to carp, walk feet and roll spine, 27 min
3 Extension, lifting head, shoulders, and knees, 30 min
4 Start knee to elbow, more carping and rolling, 36 min
5 Pressing in waves to clarify the floor, 37 min
6 Beginning to lift knees, balance on elbows, 29 min
7 Falling out of the headstand, 34 min