From Crow, place your clasped fingers and the top of your head on the floor at the top of your mat. Your hands will be cupping around the back of your head with your forearms and elbows firmly resting on the floor.
Straighten your legs and walk your feet toward your head. Bend one knee and tuck it into your chest. Using your abs and hamstring flexibility, lift the other leg off the floor so both knees are tucked into your chest in a pose called Bound Headstand Prep: Tuck.
Stay here or if you feel ready, with complete control, inhale to slowly lift and straighten both legs up, coming into Bound Headstand. If balancing is hard, bend one knee and place the sole of your foot on a wall.
Hold for five breaths. Then slowly bend your knees into your chest, and lower your feet to the floor.