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 Ally Hamilton on Apr 25, 2024
Join me for a full-body awakening flow with some fun twists and turns so you can practice for them off the mat as well ;) Plenty of hip, hamstring and shoulder opening along with core strengthening so we can play with arm balances like koundinyasana 1 and dwi pada, and inversions including tripod headstand and handstand variations. The theme is listening to your body and your intuition, the best guides when you're dealing with twists and turns!
By Ally Hamilton on Apr 15, 2024
If you're looking for a delicious all-over feel-good flow, you've come to the right place. Lots of shoulder, hip, hamstring and heart-opening along with core strengthening and time to play upside down. Long holds in pigeon and variations on pigeon, and a nice wide straddle forward fold. Deep, mindful breath and movement to soothe what ails you, and a very sweet savasana to send you gliding into your day.
By Ally Hamilton on Apr 2, 2024
Friends, this is a dynamic, nonstop flow full of heat-building and deep breathing, standing balance, arm balances, inversions, backbends, core strengthening and lots of long, stretchy, juicy holds so we can use all that heat to open deeply. If you want to flow and glow, this is for you. Enjoy!
By Angela Kukhahn on Mar 25, 2024
Side body opening, hips, hamstrings, shoulders, quads, standing balance, backbends, handstands ...what more could you ask for in 30 minutes? Ready, set, let's flow!
By Ally Hamilton on Mar 25, 2024
Do you ever feel like a flow that just feels good everywhere? That's what I was in the mood for, so that's the class I taught :) Delicious hip, hamstring and shoulder opening, active or restorative backbends depending on your energy level, just the right amount of meaningful core work, and options for legs-up-the-wall or handstand variations. You decide what you need! Plenty of options to turn the heat up or down. Whichever way you go, it's gonna feel good. Enjoy, my yogis!
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 :)