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Yoga Teacher Training: How To Spot Handstand 🤸

Shana Meyerson YOGAthletica · 0:42

In this practice

Key teachings

Safe spotting techniques for handstand
Building confidence in inversions
Understanding handstand alignment with assistance

Ideal for

Yoga teachers looking to spot handstands
Yoga students learning handstands
Friends or family assisting someone practicing handstands
Those seeking to overcome fear of inversions

Lesson

Instructions

If you are a yoga teacher who wants to teach handstand, but you are uncomfortable spotting students, this video will help you to be a more effective yoga instructor.

Or, if you are a yoga student who wants to learn handstands on your own and get spotted by a friend or family member, this video will show them how to safely spot you.

One of the biggest yoga challenges I see in beginner yoga is finding the ease in kicking up to handstand. Having a spot assist in handstand can give you the confidence to kick up all the way and get used to the feeling of alignment and of being upside down. Once you feel stable in handstands, you will be able to do it by yourself.

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Steps

Handstand spotting grip (at pelvic bones)
Spotter's stable stance for assistance
Cued kick-up technique (e.g., 'two springs then jump on three')
Maintaining stability while spotted
Controlled descent from handstand with assistance

Benefits

Increases confidence for handstand practitioners
Ensures safety during handstand practice
Helps practitioners get accustomed to being upside down
Improves handstand technique and alignment perception
Empowers yoga teachers to assist students effectively

Transcript

so my thumbs are behind him my hands are in front of him basically right on his pelvic bones okay it helps if I bend my knee a little bit for stability let's lift the leg and we're going to jump on three okay so it's going to be two Springs and then we're going to jump on three so it's going to be one yes two and then big jump three and he's up now notice how I keep his hips away from the wall I'm not pulling him to the wall but I'm holding him to secure him and when he's ready to come down I stay holding on take one leg down and keep one leg up and I sort of resist his hips so that he come down slowly and in control

Practice summary

Level: all levels
Duration: 1 minutes
Equipment: yoga mata partner (spotter and student)
Target areas: Knowledge and skill for spottingCore strength (for practitioner)Shoulder stability (for practitioner)Wrist strength (for practitioner)
Energy: balancing

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