Handstand Tutorial
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Handstand Adho Mukha Vrksasana
Learn 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!
Learn 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!
Here are some classes featuring Handstand.
By Courtney Harms on Mar 16, 2024
We will breathe deeply, twist safely and allow our bodies to release the stagnant stuff that holds us back so we can move forward with the change of the seasons.
By Ally Hamilton on Feb 5, 2024
Hello, friends! This is a full-body flow that targets the hips! We get right to the heat-building and move into those hips and hamstrings once we're warm. There's a sweet skandasana flow, lizard pose options, core strengthening, and compass pose with the option and building blocks to get into eight angle pose. You can also choose your inversion - legs up the wall, the L pose, wide-straddle handstand, or lotus pose variations. Please turn the heat up or down based on your energy! Also please note I forgot the Left-side lean-to's that come right after skandasana and before lizard pose, sorry about that. Just be ready to pause me for 10 seconds on the left side :) Enjoy yogis, this is a fun one!
By Kate Duyn on Jan 20, 2024
Sometimes you need to widen the circle, and other times you need to draw your energy inward. This practice is all about working with your energy and leaning into your own flow. We'll play with expansion and contraction in all kinds of fun ways. Baby grasshopper shows up on this ride, along with pigeons in many varieties, handstand play on the mat and at the wall, and time to build a fire and also draw the heat back in. Enjoy, yogis!
By Ally Hamilton on Jan 15, 2024
There are a lot of "advanced" poses in this flow, but I'm marking it intermediate because there are intermediate options and building blocks for everything along the way. The most advanced practice is always listening to your body. This session is a chance to have a conversation with your body every time you enter a new shape, or transition between shapes. The conversation goes something like "does this feel right?" and then your body gets to answer and you get to respond by backing off, going deeper, or staying right where you are, breathing deeply. Two blocks will be helpful. Have fun, yogis! And remember to thank your body because it's working hard for you all the time :)
By Ally Hamilton on Dec 30, 2023
If you're feeling a little maxed out and you want some serious hip-opening as we head into a new year, I have you covered! Eight angle pose and grasshopper pose are in your near future, along with all the sequencing you need to get ready for them. If you're looking for a deep dive mentally and physically, here you go! This class is a little longer because it includes Yoga Nidra in Savasana :)
By Ally Hamilton on Nov 20, 2023
If you're looking for a deep reset right now, look no further. This practice begins with grounding and centering techniques and a short talk about the power of your inner voice and why it matters. We move into a flow that targets deep opening for the hips, shoulders, hamstrings and quads. There's core strengthening (but of course) and inversion playtime on your mat or at the wall. Building blocks for moving into handstand with two legs, and exploration of the wide straddle in your handstand are also included. We end with Yoga Nidra in Savasana. Take a little time to come back to center, we could all use that right now <3
By Ally Hamilton on Nov 4, 2023
Hello yogis! If you're looking for a classic 90-minute flow where we go deep and open up, look no further! The hips, hamstrings, shoulders and core get a lot of attention! This is an energizing flow where we're going to build lots of heat and play with some arm balances and inversions including bhujapidasana, firefly pose and wide-straddle handstand. As always, I will offer tons of options and building blocks so everyone will have choices. The theme of this class is cultivating kindness. We need that desperately right now. Please make that your priority along with deep breathing, and let the rest of it unfold.
By Ally Hamilton on Oct 30, 2023
We start with grounding techniques and breath-work and you might think you're heading into a slow and steady class, but you are not! This is a flow intended to energize and open you once you're grounded, awake and present. We'll be doing chaturanga push-ups, standing frog reps, core work, fallen-triangle to flipped-out dog sequences and so much more. Arm balances and inversions and backbends, and then some nice hip-and-hamstring poses with longer holds to use the heat to release tension. If you want something fun and powerful in under an hour that is both grounding and energizing, here you go!
By Angela Kukhahn on Oct 27, 2023
If you are interested in headstand, handstand and forearm stand and would like a bite-sized starter pack, this is for you! I'll give you tons of building blocks and playful techniques to help you understand what you want to engage...and how to engage it! I promise it will be fun! Ready, set, liftoff!
By Angela Kukhahn on Oct 11, 2023
Intermediate yogis welcome and encouraged, just please pick the options that make sense for you along the way and always listen to your body! This is a playful backbend flow that will leave you feeling open and energized! We build lots of heat and open the hips, hamstrings, quadriceps, shoulders, chest and upper back so you are all set to explore some deeper backbends! If you're comfortable on your hands, we will incorporate backbends into our inversion practice (if not, I will give you tons of building blocks to work on). You can expect handstand and forearm stand with options to work at the wall. We will play with scorpion pose (again, I will show you how to approach at the wall if you're starting this exploration) and stag pose. Savasana is guaranteed to be sweet!