These folks were taking a break when I happened upon them. The gravel you see them sitting upon started from a pile of bigger rocks just about 50 feet away from this frame. The ladies use the hammers to bash the bigger rocks into this smaller gravel. Then, they fill those plates you see at the edge of the pile, place them on their heads and gracefully walk over to this pile.  Note that the ladies are wearing head wraps so the plates sit on their crowns easier. I love that they wear these beautiful saris while  they are working.

Dwi Pada Koundinyasana. An attempt anyway. Crazy that I figured out how to post video...what next?

I remember when I first began practicing this arm balance.  10 years ago, I was working as the do-all  clean-up garden and pond caretaker at a Rolls-Royce and Bentley dealership, which is no longer in downtown Atlanta. I would sneak downstairs into the parts cellar, and on a packing blanket spread on the cold concrete floor, fall over and over and over again.

I joked with myself. "I am going to practice my falling now." Really, I see now, I was practicing getting up from the fall.