Over one Christmas break, I (Christine) decided to work out what’s going on for me with these arm balance poses. So, I got a mattress in my yoga room, and practised on that. Day after day, I fell onto the mattress. To learn, you have to be willing to fall (safely), and to fail. But have an open mind, and let yourself learn. In the process, approach your learning with sincerity, and a devotion to finding out what you don’t know yet about yoga (and yourself). As you practise, examine in your mind