41 free videos on technique and tips, each tagged by level
Reviewer Explains the why behind the teaching method, not just the steps -- genuinely strong.
Moderator Thorough workshop-style tutorial covering forearm placement, wall-facing rationale, and graduated modifications -- squarely and comprehensively about this pose.
Reviewer Excellent, patient, prop-assisted breakdown - genuinely great teaching.
Moderator A full, careful tutorial for pincha mayurasana from the very basics - wall setup, wrist/elbow alignment, prop-assisted progressions. Textbook coverage of the sub-skill.
Reviewer Excellent structure and depth — covers setup, common mistakes, and how to practice safely.
Moderator Entirely and thoroughly about forearm stand from a beginner's starting point.
Reviewer One of the clearer beginner explanations here — the counterbalance framing really helps it click.
Moderator Entirely and specifically about forearm stand for beginners.
Reviewer Catches the small technical faults that actually cause falls -- more precise than most wall tutorials.
Moderator Extremely thorough staged wall tutorial -- explicitly built for someone new to the pose, working through real progressive stages. Squarely on-skill throughout.
Reviewer The balance-recovery technique alone makes this worth more than most basic setup videos.
Moderator Dense, specific forearm stand coaching -- hand/block placement, elbow alignment, avoiding banana-back, and a real balance-recovery technique. Squarely and thoroughly on-skill.
Reviewer Excellent, well-organized coaching — breaks down exactly what to drill and how.
Moderator Entirely structured around breaking pincha mayurasana into its component elements — strength, alignment, hamstring flexibility, chest opening, core — with specific drills for each.
Reviewer Smart use of props to actually show correct alignment instead of just describing it - good for a scary pose.
Moderator Explicitly a beginner intro to pincha, using props (belt, block) to build confidence and alignment safely.
Reviewer Honest about how hard this pose is and genuinely walks you through the whole journey to it.
Moderator Explicitly structured as a step-by-step beginner tutorial for the pose - preparation, entering, and holding, all Pincha Mayurasana specific.
Reviewer Great toolkit — props and drills you can actually build a practice around.
Moderator Entirely about forearm stand — hand position, props, drills, and safe falling.
Reviewer Great structure — builds the pose piece by piece rather than just showing the finished shape.
Moderator Entirely and thoroughly about learning forearm stand from the ground up.
Moderator Full forearm stand tutorial: base width via opposite elbows, parallel forearms, staying grounded through the palms, why the elbows must not splay, dolphin start, bringing one leg up and meeting it with the other, where to look, how to fall out and how to use a wall.
Reviewer Excellent - clear base setup, a controlled way to go up, and honest advice on falling and on using the wall as a safety net, not a crutch.
Reviewer Precise Iyengar alignment cueing - explains what the arms should actually be doing, not just the shape.
Moderator A full progression toward Pincha Mayurasana, from downward dog shoulder prep through to forearm-based dog pose - directly building the target skill.
Reviewer Smart, patient progression - start in a backbend shape, press the elbows down and forward to stack over them, straighten the legs last.
Moderator All forearm stand: base setup, shoulder engagement, going up one leg at a time, finding balance in a backbend shape first, then stacking the shoulders over the elbows and straightening the legs.
Reviewer Good, practical prep exercises for building toward the full pose.
Moderator Entirely about forearm stand technique and prep exercises.
Reviewer Builds the pose piece by piece instead of just showing the end result -- good teaching structure.
Moderator A proper wall-assisted progression for building toward forearm stand -- block press pattern, forearm alignment, walking the feet in, graduated leg lift. Squarely in service of this skill.
Reviewer Great beginner setup - block between the hands, right distance from the wall, elbow traction, a gaze point - with a no-pressure attitude.
Moderator All forearm stand: block setup, distance from the wall, forearm and elbow engagement, where to look, how to practice the kick, and tailbone and rib cues to straighten the line.
Reviewer Solid strength-building cueing that actually targets what pincha demands.
Moderator A full 40-minute session dedicated to strength/flexibility/endurance prep specifically for pincha, working through sphinx-pose progressions.
Reviewer Good progressive strength work that actually targets what the pose needs.
Moderator Full practice sequence explicitly built to develop the strength needed for pincha mayurasana - shoulder warm-up, block squeezes, forearm plank holds. On topic as prep work for the pose.
Reviewer Sensible prep-and-progression ladder from dolphin to hops - good on prerequisites, light on alignment and how to bail out.
Moderator Squarely forearm stand: why it needs shoulder mobility and strength, puppy pose to open the shoulders, setting the forearm width, then a dolphin to dolphin push-up to leg lift to hop progression.
Reviewer Real technique content, just dense and easier to follow on video than by ear.
Moderator Squarely about the jump-up entry into full Pincha Mayurasana -- setup squat, hip drive, jump, body lift, toe point.
Reviewer Well-sequenced shoulder work with realistic expectations about how long this takes.
Moderator An upper-body strengthening flow explicitly framed as 'road to forearm stand', working through puppy pose, cobra, and downward dog transitions to build shoulder strength.
Reviewer Two concrete fixes for the single biggest sticking point in learning this pose.
Moderator Framed for both handstand and pincha, but the actual fix (cat-pose spine shape, wall-walk confidence drill) applies directly to the pincha kick-up, which is the single biggest sticking point beginners hit.
Moderator Forearm stand throughout: five learning tips - face the wall and walk up into an L instead of kicking up backwards into it, use a block, build open as well as strong shoulders with wall puppy pose, mind the surface under your eyes, and don't let it become an obsession.
Reviewer Practical, slightly unusual tips - face the wall and walk up into an L, use a block, keep your gaze on a plain surface - that go beyond 'just kick up'.
Reviewer Good cues from an expert, but assumes you're already close to the pose.
Moderator Direct coaching cues for the forearm stand itself - elbow set, walking in, kicking up, catching the hang time. Squarely the sub-skill.
Reviewer Decent short sequence, a bit more 'follow me' than 'here's why this works'.
Moderator A short peak-pose sequence explicitly building toward pincha, though a fair chunk is generic warm-up (breathing, child's pose, down dog) before it gets specific.
Reviewer Correct cues - open the lats and triceps, push the shoulders away, keep the ribs in - but rushed, so you need to be kicking up already to use them.
Moderator Straight forearm stand troubleshooting: opening lats and triceps for the bent-arm position, pushing through the shoulder blades, ribs in, legs tight, leaning into the shoulders before kicking up.
Reviewer Well-structured strength and flexibility prep, not just a random pose list.
Moderator A dedicated prep-pose sequence explicitly built to get you ready for pincha mayurasana -- not the pose itself, but directly in service of it.
Reviewer Explains the why behind the warm-up, not just the what -- good sign for the rest of the video.
Moderator Explicitly built for 'complete beginners' who've never attempted a forearm stand -- the excerpt shown is all warm-up and strength prep in direct service of the pose, not a tangent.
Reviewer Smart tip — a slight arch makes this transition much more manageable than trying to stay ruler-straight.
Moderator Squarely about the transition into forearm stand, specifically from headstand.
Moderator Straight forearm stand how-to: base, forearm plank into dolphin, lifting a leg, small hops, a bent-knee balance trick and a block under the feet for tight hamstrings.
Reviewer Quick outline of the entry (plank, dolphin, hops) with a handy block tip, but little on alignment or finding balance.
Reviewer Solid multi-day progression structure, though harder to verify fully given the transcript language.
Moderator Hindi-language video dedicated to teaching forearm stand in a structured multi-day approach, covering warmup, shoulder/wrist prep, core and hamstring work, and wall practice specifically for this pose.
Reviewer Useful variety of entry techniques if you follow along visually, harder to judge polish from the transcript alone.
Moderator Indonesian-language video walking through several distinct entry methods into pincha (straight leg, shoulder-forward/PSAP, bent-knee jump, scorpion prep) - all specifically about entering the pose.
Reviewer Useful conceptual tips, but loose and light on concrete structure.
Moderator Entirely about building toward the forearm stand — discusses using headstand strength, pressing away from the floor, and balance drills specifically for pincha mayurasana.
Reviewer Usable progression, but less precise than the best tutorials on this pose.
Moderator On topic — a forearm stand wall progression — but wrapped in generic wellness framing at the start.
Reviewer Decent technique once it arrives, but you're wading through a lot to get there.
Moderator Roughly half the video is a reflection on heart-opening and the pandemic with no technique content at all; the other half is genuine prop-based technique (block, chair, wall) for building toward the pose.
Reviewer Sets up the pose well, but caption cuts off before any real cues.
Moderator Exact pose match again, squarely on topic.
Reviewer Personal-journey framing -- may help through relatability, but caption shows no concrete cues yet.
Moderator Exact pose name match, squarely on topic.
Reviewer Some real technical clarity on entering the pose, but shallow given how much ground it covers.
Moderator Spends real time distinguishing pincha from chin stand, peacock (mayurasana), and scorpion variations, and does describe how to actually enter pincha (chaturanga-like position, one leg up, jump/press to lift) — but a good chunk of the runtime is about the other, related poses rather than pincha itself.
Reviewer Nice general vinyasa vibe, thin on actual forearm-stand-specific technique.
Moderator Billed as a forearm stand flow, but what's shown is mostly generic vinyasa warm-up (child's pose, breathing, intention-setting) without much forearm-stand-specific content yet.
Reviewer Nice flow, but not much specific forearm-stand teaching in what's shown here.
Moderator Framed as a forearm stand class, but the excerpt shown is almost entirely generic vinyasa warm-up (breathing, cat-cow, plank holds) without reaching specific pincha technique.