Glow Yoga Retreats with Kayla Nielsen

This 4-week How To Handstand yoga series is designed to help you build a strong foundation and gain the strength, flexibility, and confidence needed to achieve a handstand. Each week will focus on specific drills, classes, meditations, and journal prompts to help you progress towards your goals.

This is an Intermediate to Advanced level series.

How To Handstand will walk you through a variety of entries into handstand by using the wall, kicking, floating & pressing. 

This series will provide a methodical combination of pranayama, drills, full flows, and meditations to build the physical & mental strength and flexibility needed to balance on your hands.

We will be working on the Fire Element and the Manipura (Solar Plexus) Chakra. Meaning, the anatomical focuses are: deep core, compression, shoulder strength, hamstring & hip flexibility, wrist stretching therapy & flexibility. 

And the mental and emotional focuses are: confidence, inner strength, alchemy, and trust. 

Each week will strategically build in order to safely and effectively prepare your mind & body for different entries into handstands. 

Week 1: Handstand With The Wall
Week 2: Kicking Into Handstand
Week 3: Floating Into Handstand
Week 4: Pressing Into Handstand

Weekly Layout:
Day 1: Pranayama
Day 2: Strength Drill
Day 3: Flexibility Drill
Day 4: Full Flow
Day 5: Meditation
Day 6: Journal
Day 7: Rest

Even if you’re not quite ready for more advanced full flows (particularly floating & pressing flows), please make sure to still try the pranayama, drills, and meditations.

Additionally, even if you already have a strong handstand practice, make sure to still practice all drills and flows to continually cultivate strength for more advanced transitions & variations in the future.