Adho Mukha Vrksasana, or what the gymnasts, gym bros, calisthenics peeps and regular schmucks call handstand, is in yoga an upside-down tree (which is funny, because a tree pose has a leg involved; and a directly inverted handstand would be tadasana, mountain pose).
Whatever.
The lightness for those few moments, for me today a pretty 14-second hold, is pure bliss. Nothing else happens, nothing else matters. May there be stillness in my heart.
"I feel light guiding our way home"
Divers talk about freefalling (or "the fall"), artists and musicians flow. Yogis search for light — lightness and enlightenment both, being light in your body and your soul.
This is what Adho Mukha Vrksasana does; beyond the physical req (upper body strength, core, balance, practice) your mind needs to be quiet. The minute we lose focus or the thoughts wander elsewhere we fall.
I still arch a little in my upper back and so the journey continues. But it's wonderful to see—and feel—the progress, even from just a year or so ago:
Maybe I should be injured and take breaks from daily pushups more often (#930053).