Challenges of Pincha Mayurasana

Many :-

Firstly, it just feels awkward to start off with this kind of an inversion. Viparitkarni, sarvangasana, halasana, sirshasana are all still fine, but this is weird to start with.

Secondly, it's easy to get it on the wall. But the transition from the wall to slightly away to the centre of the room is really difficult and needs a lot of mental preparation (more than the physical)


Thirdly, you have to learn to fall on the otherside with grace. Because if you are going to make the transition from the wall to the centre of the room, you better practice that well, as you are going to fall many times over and unless you learn the grace of falling you will go into a shell & refuse to grow after that initial fall.


But as Shri Pattabhi Jois puts it "Yoga is 99% practice, 1% theory".


Last but not the least, getting these kind of postures give you a different high which only a true yoga enthusiast can understand :-)