Backbend Practice & Adjusting / Assisting

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ONLINE & IN-PERSON

This course has been designed by Sandrine and taught since 2018 & has been updated a few times.

 

This course is designed for yoga teachers & yoga practitioners.

Training content:

• Introduction to each other

• What are your fears about Handstand? 

• Why handstand – benefits

• Ujjayi, bandhas, Manipura chakra

• Get your body ready for handstand – warming up - stretching to warm up the upper body (wrists, arms, shoulders) and the hamstrings (back of the thighs)

• How to do a handstand? Learn step by step – hands placement – engaging your core – use the wall to support your feet & focus on what is happening to your wrists, shoulders, upper back, core…

• Adding props: 

  • ​block to support the head, bolster, or pillow – up & down – jumping from a seated posture, and even from a reclining one.

  • swiss ball/wheel prop/bed/sofa to support the head to do a tripod handstand

  • support for feet – block, chairs, bed, sofa

• Let's play with the wall: using doorway – hallway – facing wall & L-shape

• Warming down

• Feedbacks

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This course is an in-person, & online course with a live session via Google Meet.

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I will be posting here more details soon (dates, price, what's included...)

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Stay tuned!!!

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