Handstand Level-Up

Service Description

Handstand Level-Up Intermediate-level Handstand Workshop Series In handstands, the journey IS the destination. Along the way, there is plenty to discover, compelling us to forge new mind-body connections. In this course, we’ll activate our full range of motion in key joints, deepen our core, train our proprioception, and tone our nervous system as we become more autonomous balancing upside down, on our hands. Each class moves us through a full-body warm-up, specific mobility and strength exercises, core tension drills, related inversions, partner work, and relaxation. Special to the November series, we’ll also examine a particular Handstand position each week and explore its relevance to the classic, straight-line handstand : Week 1 (Jan 06): Tuck Handstand Week 2 (Jan 13): Straddle Handstand Week 3 (Jan 20): Pathways to Press Week 4 (Jan 27): One-arm Foundations Participant profile This November series is geared towards participants who already have experience with inversions and upper-body strength training, whether through yoga, calisthenics, dance, swimming, martial arts, or other. You do not have to have a free-standing handstand, however you should be able to perform the following with sound form and easeful breath : Downward-facing dog > 3 minutes Handstand against wall > 40 seconds Push ups > 10 in a row (can be on your knees) Investment Price before tax: 120$ for 4 classes 35$ drop-in Your guide Heidi is an architect-turned movement educator with roots in ashtanga, acroyoga, slackline and contact improvisation. She is a certified yoga and acroyoga instructor, as well as circus artist. She has performed with Cirque Eloize, Cirque Branché, Special events with 7 Fingers, and has crossed two record-length highlines spanning 2km each. Teaching is a form of co-creation for Heidi, with each workshop being a unique expression of the particular circumstances, environment, and people present. The contents will bend and shift accordingly, which, for Heidi, constitutes the aliveness of working with humans. IG @heidiblais Défi à l’envers Atelier d’équilibres sur les mains, niveau intermediaire En équilibre sur les mains, le voyage EST la destination. Tout au long du chemin, il y a tant à découvrir, nous incitant à créer de nouvelles connexions corps-esprit. Dans ce cours, nous activerons toute l’amplitude de nos articulations clés, renforcerons notre centre, affinerons notre proprioception et tonifierons notre système nerveux, afin de devenir plu