Handstand Tutorial
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Handstand Adho Mukha Vrksasana
Angela KukhahnLearn the key points of doing a handstand, both at the wall and in the center of the room. When you're ready, try the classes below that incorporate your handstand into a complete practice!
Ready to work it?
Here are some classes featuring Handstand.
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FUN and Funk
By Missy White on Aug 7, 2019
A little fun sprinkled with some funky-style flow! If you want to move and energize your body this is the class for you....oh, and did I mention it was FUN?!!! Plenty of opportunities to arm balance and get upside down if that's your thing and if not skip it and just flow.
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Twisted and Fun!
By Ally Hamilton on Aug 7, 2019
Hips, hamstrings and shoulders unwind as we flow, fly and fire up the core. Plenty of chances to play on your hands and kick it upside down, but just as many to breathe and release.
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Abs, Legs and Handstands!
By Angela Kukhahn on Jul 23, 2019
It’s an ab party! We start with abs to get our core cookin' right away! From there we move on to a creative standing sequence that warms up the lower body and includes a goddess pose variation, pyramid pose and standing splits! Included as well are plenty of hamstring stretches, hip opening and a sprinkling of inversions! Enjoy!
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Steady As She Goes...
By Brent Laffoon on Jul 15, 2019
This practice starts slow and builds steadily to a sweet challenge, working through lunges, twists and core strengthening before finishing with a little hand balance and backbend work. Take your time and enjoy the ride!
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Psychic Cleansing
By Kate Cariati on Jul 7, 2019
Who doesn't need a little psychic cleansing from time to time? This practice begins with a meditation to help you cut attachments to ideas, attitudes, ways of being, people or situations that no longer serve you and weigh you down. Archer's arms in warrior postures help us to find our balance, sharpen our focus, get really clear about what we want and grounded in our purpose. These elements are reinforced through the peak poses we explore like Kapinjalasana (dew drop drinking bird), Shiva Naturajasana, an adventurous variation of Ustrasana, and reclining Virasana. Om Shanti Shanti Shanti
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Know Yourself
By Ally Hamilton on Jul 7, 2019
"Language... has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone." Paul Tillich Get deep into the hips and shoulders and fire up your core as we flow and arm balance and invert ourselves until we lose ourselves and open to the quiet knowing within. The only thing to fear is never knowing yourself.
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Practice Not Perfection
By Ally Hamilton on Jul 1, 2019
Deep into the shoulders, upper back and hamstrings we go! Inversions and arm balances and twists throughout, fun transitions and a lot of core strengthening built into the flow, and then targeted on the floor. Heart and hip opening once you're warm, and a very deep Savasana, which you will have earned.
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Hip, Hop & We Don't Stop
By Ally Hamilton on Jun 9, 2019
Serious hip-opening leads the way, as does core strengthening. We’re heading toward astavakrasana, but along the way, we want to open the shoulders, chest and upper back so these areas don’t collapse in the arm balance. Of course, your hips and hamstrings get extra attention, and you know you need to werk that core! Feed the tendencies that strengthen and serve you, and starve the ones that don’t. Release the thoughts that were never yours, and open in the best way possible!
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Embrace Your Vulnerability
By Ally Hamilton on Apr 12, 2019
Open your hips from every direction, unlock your shoulders, upper back and neck, stretch your hamstrings, open your heart, and fire up your core before we get on our hands and play. Monkey pose and eagle pose right side up and upside down, and a super sweet savasana, all around the topic of embracing and opening to our inherent vulnerability.
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Hamstring Heaven
By Angela Kukhahn on Apr 5, 2019
In this 59 minute class we will give your hamstrings the treatment they deserve! We will begin with a long uttanasana, then move onto a toe/fascia stretch, followed by Surya A, low lunge, half hanuman, abs strengthening, crow, pyramid pose, Warrior 3, prasarita variations, optional work on Tripod headstand, Pincha and press handstand, toe taps, twisted triangle, Triangle, Half Moon, side plank, full vasisthasana and much, much more! Enjoy!
