Over the past 2 years, interest in, and the number of practitioners doing handstands has really taken off globally.  For those unaware, handstand practice builds strength, endurance, body awareness and control, balance, coordination and more.  Oh, and its a ton of fun and human connectedess.  See our blog article for further exploration.

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​Join us for this complementary workshop where we will introduce you to the "Day 1" essential foundations of hand balancing from our LEVEL 1 SYLLABUS.  

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The workshop will cover:

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KEY INFORMATION

- VOCABULARY [WHERE IS WHAT]

- EXPLANATION OF ALIGNMENT [STACKING THE BLOCKS]

- EXPLANATION OF STRADDLE

- POSITION OF THE HANDS

- DISTRIBUTION OF THE WEIGHT IN YOUR HAND

- WRIST/FOREARM REINFORCEMENT

- POSITION OF THE HEAD

 

PHYSICAL PREPARATION & ALIGNMENT

- CORE/BODY ALIGNMENT I [PLANKS, HOLLOW, DISH]

- CORE/BODY ALIGNMENT II [WHEELBARROW, PIKE, WALKOUTS, SLIDING]

- CORE/BODY ALIGNMENT III [HOLLOW TO V-SIT, LOWER BACK STRENGTHENING]

- SHOULDERS [PASSIVE FLEXIBILITY, ACTIVE FLEXIBILITY, OPENING]

- HIPS [TUCK, STRADDLE, PIKE]

- LEGS [COMPRESSION, LEG LIFTS]

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In the optional follow on workshops we will move towards our LEVEL 2 SYLLABUS including:

- ENTERING THE HANDSTAND

- EXITING SAFELY [PIROUETTING]

- WALL ASSISTED HANDSTAND

- ISOLATION [UPPER AND LOWER BODY]

- LEARNING TO BALANCE

- RE-BALANCE DRILLS

- ASSESSMENT

- PROGRAMMING YOUR TRAINING ​

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