A yoga breakthrough

Last night in yoga teacher training class Richard taught us about inversions and teaching beginners inversions.
At one point we practiced Salamba Sirsasana (Headstand) against the wall. (Which is not a beginner pose.)
I prepared myself to go into the pose. But I didn’t invert like most of the class did.
I have been practicing yoga for about six years and have never felt comfortable completely inverting. Frankly, I am scared. Sacred that I am gonna hurt myself, scared that I am gonna topple over, scared that my bum shoulder is gonna give out, scared that I am gonna break my neck.
As we were discussing the pose I told Richard that I did not go up because I am scared. He asked me what I am scared of. I told him pretty much everything in the paragraph above. He asked me if I would be willing to try something and he wouldn’t make me do anything I didn’t want to.
He asked me to go to the corner. I used the corner to support my hands and shoulders. And I almost got up. My fellow students cheered for me. Many told me how close I was. They were proud of me for facing my fear. And at least four others came up to me and thanked me for asking because they are also afraid.
I faced my fear. And I accomplished something more than I ever imagined.
I tried it again today (multiple times) at home and … I completely inverted. (See proof in the picture.)
The feeling is amazing. I am so excited. I feel addicted and obsessed with headstand now.
According to Yoga Journal website, there are so many benefits to headstand: calms the brain and helps relieve stress and mild depression; stimulates the pituitary and pineal glands; strengthens the arms, legs, and spine; strengthens the lungs; tones the abdominal organs; improves digestion; helps relieve the symptoms of menopause; therapeutic for asthma, infertility, insomnia, and sinusitis.
Once I feel comfortable with corner headstand I can move to a basic flat wall and eventually with no wall support like this.
Yoga makes you discover and grow. I feel at such a different place with my yoga practice after completely inverting. I am growing and discovering my growth along the way while breaking through my fear.