Intermediate
Handstand: 3 Elements of Balance
Coach's take: This reframes what you're actually training for when you drill handstand — worth watching before your next session.
3.9
Handstand
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Drills and progressions toward a handstand.
What coaches agree on
- Because your full bodyweight passes through your wrists, spend real time warming them up and mobilizing them before you start working on the pose.
- Grip the ground actively with your fingers and press your weight into the base of the hand, near the thumb and index finger — that's what actually controls your balance.
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- Draw your ribs down and in toward your pelvis into a hollow-body shape to keep your torso stacked directly over your hands.
- Push the floor away and actively spread your shoulder blades wide — that shoulder engagement is what keeps you stacked and stops you from collapsing under your own weight.
Intermediate
The 4 Secrets of Handstand
Coach's take: This is how you actually explain handstand balance - hands, elbows, shoulders, core, no fluff.
3.8
Intermediate
Handstand Mechanics: Build Control Before Elevation
Coach's take: Solid drill breakdown - if you already kick up to a wall, this sharpens the entry.
3.6
Intermediate
L Pose Handstand Training
Coach's take: Great way to feel the L-shape and core engagement before trying it upside down.
3.6
Advanced
Rectus Abdominis Handstand Drill: The Key Component For Control
Coach's take: If your hips keep swinging back when you kick up, this drill is the fix.
3.5
Intermediate
Wall Drills To Progress In Handstand
Coach's take: Good technical cueing, just move at your own pace re-watching each drill.
3.5
Advanced
Why is it harder to do a press handstand with straight legs compared to bent legs or wide legs?
Coach's take: Clear, correct explanation of a very common press-handstand sticking point.
3.3
Intermediate
HANDSTAND arm VARIATIONS - Adho Mukha Vrksasana | Iyengar Yoga
Coach's take: Genuinely useful variations most teachers skip — the belt-around-elbows trick alone is worth it.
3.2
Advanced
Are Proportions Preventing Me From Pressing Into A Handstand?
Coach's take: Good practical advice — build the pattern bent-leg first rather than fighting your proportions straight-legged.
3.2
Advanced
Is shoulder rotation restricting my handstands and arm balances?
Coach's take: Great diagnostic — the self-test for real anatomical limits vs. technique is genuinely useful.
3.2
Advanced
What do I need to strengthen to maintain my handstand?
Coach's take: Right diagnosis (serratus anterior), though it points you elsewhere for the actual drills.
3.1
Beginner
The 5 best handstand tips for yoga!
Coach's take: Sharp, specific correction on hand placement — just skip past the sales pitch at the start.
3.0
Intermediate
15-Minute Handstand Flow With Briohny Smyth
Coach's take: That hovering-leg explanation for the hop is a great way to feel the entry before you attempt it.
2.9
Intermediate
The BEST Handstand Drill
Coach's take: Good drill concept, but this clip alone won't teach you why or how to set it up.
2.6
Beginner
Handstand Preparations--Iyengar Yoga
Coach's take: Solid, honest prep class — she tells you it's normal to be scared and gives you the wrist work to earn it.
2.6
Advanced
Bakasana to Handstand - Which muscles are involved?
Coach's take: Solid anatomical explanation, though it's understanding rather than practice cueing.
2.5
Advanced
Handstand Tic Tac avoid these two mistakes
Coach's take: Correct but very thin — two quick mistake callouts, no real how-to.
2.4
Beginner
HANDSTAND YOGA FLOW FOR BEGINNERS - Yoga with Charlie Follows
Coach's take: Good warmup structure, methodical pacing — just wish it got to the actual handstand faster.
2.3
Intermediate
Headstand and Handstand Variations—Intermediate Level Iyengar Yoga
Coach's take: Good entry mechanics for the kick-up — useful once you're past total beginner.
2.3
Advanced
How Do Long Femurs Effect Handstands and Jump Throughs?
Coach's take: Good, specific answer if this describes your body type — not a general handstand lesson.
2.3
Beginner
Weightless Inversions: Clear Strategies for Headstand and Handstand
Coach's take: Nice gentle entry options, but you're wading through headstand content to get them.
1.6
Intermediate
Full Body Vinyasa Handstand Warmup Sequence | Breathe and Flow Yoga
Coach's take: Decent warmup, but it's clearly a funnel toward her paid handstand program.
1.5