Pose Goals: Strengthen Your Handstand

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Level 2 - 20-60 min
Gain confidence and a greater mind-body connection in your handstand with this five-class program for beginners and seasoned yogis. The first four tutorials focus on building foundational skills and refining smaller elements to safely enter and exit your handstand, then the fifth is a Vinyasa class that teaches you how to flow with your handstand.
5
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Gain confidence and a greater mind-body connection in your handstand with this five-class program for beginners and seasoned yogis. The first four tutorials focus on building foundational skills and refining smaller elements to safely enter and exit your handstand, then the fifth is a Vinyasa class that teaches you how to flow with your handstand.
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Week 1

Education

Level 1-2 20 mins

Learn your breath’s relationship to your body to feel safe, confident, and supported in hand balances and inversions. Feel the way your breath can help control your spine and pelvis while in Bridge and Table Top using Belly Breathing and other breath cues. Props Required: one block.

Education

Level 2 45 mins

Experience the importance of your upper body for stability in Handstands. Follow along with different methods of warming up your wrists, forearms, and shoulders in Table Top, Down Dog, Puppy Pose, and Swimmer’s Arms, then bring it all together for Prone Handstand at the wall. Props Required: 2 blocks and wall space.

Education

Level 2 30 mins

Discover the role your legs and feet play in hand balances by creating compression between your upper and lower body for stability. Move through ankle and toe rotations then a leg-opening sequence with Pyramid, Warrior III, and Half Split. Props Required: 2 blocks.

Education

Level 2 60 mins

Build trust in yourself to go upside-down into your Handstand. Turn on your breath and flow through a series with Warrior III and Standing Splits, then prepare for Handstand going through many techniques to enter and exit the posture using a wall. Props Required: 2 blocks and wall space.

Yoga

Level 2-3 45 mins

A movement-based Vinyasa flow with effortless Handstand elements added. Move through Sun Salutations with leg-activating poses, then weave in various hops getting ready to peak in Handstand. Finish with stretches, and release in Savasana.

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