How To Do The Handstand Pose Video

Build strength in the neck and upper back with the Handstand Pose. Learn how to do the Handstand Pose in this yoga video clip.

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Balance pose
Let go of fear
Bring shoulders over hands
Kick up gently
Press feet to sky

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Cindy Mastry has practiced yoga since the age of eight, and also has a background in Jazz and Ballet. Active in the fitness industry for nearly twenty years, she teaches aerobics, kickboxing, and yoga at many fitness centers in the Tampa Bay area. Cindy trained with 84 year-old Master Yogi Monk, Baba Hari Dass at the Mt. Madonna Center in California and owns/operates "Yoga Etc Studio" in St. Petersburg, Florida. Cindy teaches yoga to people of all ages and experience levels and at very competitive rates.

CINDY MASTRY: Namaste. My name is Cindy Mastry and in this clip, Faith is going to help me demonstrate the Hand Stand Pose. Hand stand is a balance pose. When you think about it, it shouldn't be that scary but it really is because all that you're doing is standing on your hands. You stand on your feet all the time, but it's a little scary when you tip your entire wold upside down. So we're going to totally tip our world upside down and see things from a new perspective. So in order to do this, you must let go of your fear. You're also going to have to engage your core and pull everything up and just think of your hands as if they're your feet. So we're going to ask Faith to come forward and just place her hands down about shoulder-width apart. Good. And she's going to think about engaging her core and bringing her shoulders right over her hands. Good. I'm going to ask Faith to kick up very gently. You really don't want to use too much momentum because that'll throw you over. So you really want to engage your core. Good. Good. Now, Faith needs to squeeze her thighs and press her feet right up to the sky and feel a lifting. She needs to engage belly lock and her root lock pressing into her hands strengthening her arms, pulling her belly in. That's beautiful. You may go on down. Good. Good. So in hand stand, we literally tip our world upside down. You must let go of your fear, so that you can open yourself up to new things and new perspectives. When you do the hand stand, think of it just walking upside down. Engage your core, use your breath, and center.

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