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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A Little Yin, A Lot Yang
By Ally Hamilton on Jun 23, 2022
Hello, yogis! This is an energetic practice with lots of heat-building and core work to make you nice and warm. You're welcome! With all that heat, we give the hamstrings lots of love and attention with variations of side plank that include one-legged side plank and extended hand-to-big-toe pose, but we also open things up with a wide stanced ardha hanumanasana and other goodies, along with active and restorative backbends to balance out all the back-body opening with some front-body sweetness. Enjoy every minute! (Intermediate yogis welcome just listen to your body!) A strap may be helpful.
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Quick + Thorough!
By Angela Kukhahn on Jun 14, 2022
If you're looking for a shorter practice that packs a punch, here you go! The hips get a lot of love in this flow, but so do the shoulders and hamstrings! You'll have options to add handstands and headstands along the way, but even if you don't invert, you will breathe deeply, get your heart pumping and walk away from your mat feeling open and energized!
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Move to Your Edge + Breathe
By Ally Hamilton on Jun 14, 2022
So much hip-opening worked into this juicy flow that builds heat and gives you options for compass pose and eight angle pose, handstand hops and other fun variations. We're all being pulled in so many different directions, and this practice (and eight-angle pose) weaves in the idea of keeping your center strong as you handle everything with more grace, ease and breath!
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Breathe, Sweat, Release
By Ally Hamilton on May 29, 2022
This is an advanced class with intermediate options offered every step of the way. The most important thing to prioritize is deep and steady breath - that is the key to calming your nervous system and quieting your mind! You will deeply open your shoulders, chest and upper back, your hips, hamstrings and heart. You will fire up your core and play on your hands and upside down. Please listen to your body, choose the options that make sense today, and care for your tender heart. It's not easy right now, and taking care of yourself is key. Love to all xx
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Pincha Meets Baby Bakasana
By Angela Kukhahn on May 29, 2022
Sometimes the harder transitions can feel so out of reach! Angela to the rescue. Whether you're looking to develop better understanding of balance and counter-balance, what to engage when you're moving from an arm balance to an inversion or the other way around, or you just feel ready to start thinking about and exploring these things, this practice is for you! Angela breaks it down in bite-sized pieces and makes it fun...promise! Grab a couple of blocks and a strap, your core muscles and your sense of humor, and let's play!
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Ate-A-Little-Late Practice
By Brent Laffoon on May 10, 2022
According to the ancient sages, after eating a meal, a yogi should allow at least three hours to digest fully before practicing. It's good advice, but it's not always practical in the modern world. Sometimes the only time you have to practice comes on the heels of the only time you have to eat. This is a practice for those times. As always, take your time, and take what works for you... and leave the rest. And of course, don't forget to enjoy :)
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Fiery Flow-n-Sculpt
By Ally Hamilton on Apr 26, 2022
An energizing, creative intermediate-to-advanced flow that will get you fired up and grounded simultaneously. This is a full-body vinyasa flow with a little sculpt slipped in along the way, so you can count on strengthening your abs, arms and butt, but also on breathing deeply and consciously. Chances to play on your hands and upside down, and a sweet savasana which you will earn! Enjoy, yogis!
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How Hip Can You Get?
By Ally Hamilton on Apr 15, 2022
If you're looking for an energizing, creative flow with a sprinkling of yoga sculpt here and there, tons of hip opening and core strengthening, and some fun with finding bandhas in your handstands, then you've come to the right class :) Intermediate students are welcome, I ALWAYS offer building blocks and variations, just please make sure you listen to your body and work smart! Enjoy yogis!
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Twisted Eagle
By Angela Kukhahn on Apr 4, 2022
An energizing, twisty flow with eagle pose served up, down and sideways...that takes you all over your mat, but leaves you feeling super centered!
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Hamstring Love + Piking
By Angela Kukhahn on Mar 23, 2022
This practice is about hamstring flexibility, core strength, and the possibility of piking into inversions. You can opt out of that last treat if you wish and keep your feet on the ground today and make it about strengthening your core, but for those of you interested in piking, I have lots of tips for you!
