Power Breakfast and International Handstand Day 2011

Nutty Oaty

That's the name of the power breakfast shake that I usually order from one of the fruit juice/shake stalls in the malls.  It has peanut butter, oats, yoghurt, whey protein, and bananas.  I like it.  It's filling and simple to make.  Here's my version.

Ingredients:

1 medium banana

250ml nonfat milk

1 tbsp peanut butter

2 tbsp oats

1 scoop (26g) whey protein

Put everything in the blender. Blend and serve.

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International Handstand Day

It's called adho-mukha-vrikshahsana (downward facing tree).  It's a good way to conquer your fear of falling and to learn how to trust one's self.  The key is to learn how to shift the center of gravity forward over the arms.  Of course it will be difficult to do this if our arms and the upper body are not strong enough to carry our entire weight.  Hopefully, with correct practice we can develop muscle strength and endurance to be able to do this pose.

Practice with non-attachment.  So what if we cannot do it today? There's always tomorrow.  I always say, always work with 3.  Three repetitions.  Three try's.  After that, move on.

The benefits of handstand includes stronger shoulders, arms and wrists, improved balance, calmness in the brain, stress reduction, and may alleviate mild depression (Yoga Journal).

I was browsing through my fb newsfeed when I saw this link.  Some of the UP Pep members are already "attending" so I thought of sharing my pics here.

Standing upside down makes us experience the world in another perspective.  Maybe by looking at things in a different perspective, can help us make this world more peaceful.

Did some handstands during practice this morning but I only read about this a couple of minutes ago so I'm re-sharing some of previous handstand pics.

Davao, Philippines

Snake Island, Palawan

Gumasa Glan, Saranggani Province

Anvaya Cove, Bataan

University Theater, UP Diliman

Visit the Official International Handstand Day website here.