Handstand Kick Ups

How To

This is a good pose to help you get more comfortable going upside down without a wall.

Place your hands on the floor shoulder width apart. Make sure your arms are straight and elbows locked.

Try to kick one leg straight up shifting your weight on the shoulders and hands, until the pelvis reaches over your shoulders. Bend the other knee for counterbalancing & feeling your pelvis stacked over the shoulders.

Tips

Do not jump

Lean all of your weight into your hands. Kick your straight leg over your head gently and feel your other leg naturally lift off the floor.

Hips over head

Once your hips are over your head, join your legs together.

Remember, but then forget

Cambered hands, locked elbows and active shoulders, hips over head.Ok, it’s a lot. Focus on one nagging problem and let your body figure out the other details.

Put the effort to stay balanced

Once one leg is fully up and the other on the way to meet it, squeeze into the ground to try and correct the overbalance and stand right.

Dance, very slowly

The slower you move, the easier it will be for your automatic non-thinking brain to send the right messages to your body.Remember, palms to correct from under-balancing and fingertips to correct from overbalancing.