Handstand Workshop 1 - Sat Feb 18th 2-4pm
The Handstand Basics
Learn the basics of hand balancing and what foundations you need in order to build strength, mobility and endurance for the handstand. Everyone will warm up with a joint specific and dynamic warm up; wrist prep, shoulder opening, core work and some games. Next we'll focus on conditioning and alignment drills on the ground. If you've never been upside down before, don't worry! We'll use the wall for support to invert. By the end of the workshop you'll surprise yourself at how confident you'll be going upside down. Handstands are serious business, but most of all, they are fun! So let's play.
This workshop is designed to be taken as a series.
Workshop 2 & 3 will focus on different ways to use the wall, more alignment drills and eventually spotting in the middle of the room.
Handstand 2 - Sat March 11th 2-4pm
The Handstand - Using the Wall & Flexibility
Get ready to make friends with the wall. Everyone will start with the warm up from Workshop 1, 'Handstand Basics'. We'll spend extra time getting wrists and shoulders ready for the wall. We'll discuss the importance of core strength, shoulder flexion and flexibility (particularly in hamstrings) for the entry to handstand. Get ready to open your hips, strengthen your glutes and stretch your hammies! When using the wall, we will focus on chest to wall, heel pulls and entries into the handstand.
This workshop is designed to be taken as a series.
The final workshop - Workshop 3 Time to Fly, will combine everything we've learned from workshop 1 & 2. Everyone will have the opportunity to practise a freestanding handstand in the middle of the room. Don't panic, everybody will be spotted in the handstand! :)
Handstand 3 - Sat April 1st 2-4pm
The Handstand - Time to Fly
Time to combine everything you've learned from Workshop 1 & 2. Hopefully by this stage, you've been practising some of the drills in your own time so that your handstand can progress. In this final session, everyone will have the opportunity to practise a freestanding handstand in the middle of the room. Don't panic, everybody will be spotted in the handstand. It's time to face the fear and do it anyway (safely ). It's time to fly!
£30 single workshop
£75 all 3 together