One sixth of the way done! The "jumps" were pretty fun; they made me laugh. I'm off to drink water and listen to 80's music with Bluetooth headphones so I don't annoy my neighbors. :)
Love that hopping drill, I wanted to prolong the hang. This is a drill I'll work on more with the aim of holding the balance with legs in the split knee bent position. Really enjoying these short interesting, so far achievable sessions with you Natalie. Your presentations style is great as are your explanations. Looking fwd to day 6.
The hard bit was raising my legs up and down squat to stretch, my knees were killing me. The fu bit was when your neighbour played his favourite 80's song and you edited sorting it. SO funny! Brilliant. Looking forward to day 6.
Just finished day 5! Doing this alongside your pushup challenge (my shoulders burnnn)! Thanks for these videos - I was going to skip to the later days to get directly into the handstand kick ups but building strength from day 1 has helped immensely and I love your teaching method.
Haha, well done for doing both programs at the same time. Building strength slowly pays off as well as building a daily practice, so yes, be patient and don't skip sessions :) Best wishes
Natalie, thank you so much for these videos! I am loving them so much! I used to be a gymnast but realized this year that I wasn’t strong enough to balance on my hands anymore, and this is such a wonderful way for me to get back upside down! You are a fantastic teacher, and I love that you also incorporate visualizations and exercises to feel how we support our bodies. This series is amazing!
thank you Natalie, the gentle way to prepare our body (load on should, engage out abdomen and serratus muscles), wrist and should mobility and body alignment/balance and daily for handstand is so effective. Looking forward for the day I could do a handstand. Thank you again.
@@metabolictherapies not yet, I needed to move to different city due to Covid-19 and just got settling after few weeks ago and got back to my running and started again in day 10 and loading the weight on the wrist slowly... Keep on Torres, let's go.... and stay safe wherever you are.
It's Unbelievable Natalie how right your approach is. I can't help asking, is it your know-how and have you learned how body does it all on your own or was there somebody or some people who shared knowledge with you? You are undoubtedly the best handbalancing coach at YT. 👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏 Greatest Respect Ms. Super Hero
Aww thank you for your wonderful words! :) I had a lot of great teachers, who taught me many different ways of working with the body, of thinking about the body and and different training methods. Mainly gymnastics, circus, dance and bodywork. When it comes to handstands, I find that I learn most thorugh teaching and through my students. I find I learn most from my most difficult students because in order toy make them progress you really need to tune into what is going on in this body. I also find it quite fascinating, so whenever someone has a handstand problem, I am instantly ver interested. I have this blog here, where you can find more thoughts about his: artofhandbalancing.wordpress.com/ Thanks for your support, Best wishes
@@NatalieReckert Thank you Natalie, it's a pleasure to read and a value to learn. Having read knowledge you share on the link I stay impressed by clear deep vision perception awareness consciousness you have. And the flow of your thinking as well. 👍🤸
day 5 done! Natalie, thank you. The classes roll-on in an easy way and I always feel like I should add more round and push for longer... I think I should just trust the process with you. I tried my way and I still can't handstand!
My thighs were sore from that lifting hip for 20 times, I think I should engage more on my core to help the lifting. I love that hopping with exchanging foot, that was fun!
Yes! the up and down movement can be quite hard in the thighs! Try to relaxe your lower back more and if you can, try to rest your ribcage on your thighs (this depends on flexibility of course) The lifting does prepare you for jumping though, which is important when starting to kick or tuck up into a handstand.
Day five went well, although I feel it the most in my wrists. I am hoping that will reduce as I learn to trust my body! Thank you for encouraging me to review how I felt during the practice, it is a great way to become more present and aware of enjoying the experience. I can tend to get too serious, so smiling is helping a lot! x
Yes! Exercise should be an inspiring challenge and not a chore! You are spending time with your precious physical body. If your wrists get sore I recommend possibly using handstand blocks and adding wrist prep exercises to the workout. Invest ten minutes everyday in strengthening the wrists. An easy peparation is just taking tennis balls an squeezing them 20 times with each hand and then slowly working your way up to 40 squeezes. Also istretch the wrists so that they are ready to be exposed to the 90 degrees angle!
My wrists are getting better and: more flexibel, on day 5 already. So good! Now I´m still unsure, during exercises, if to bend my arms, but found your answer below, to NOT bend the arms / ellbows at any time, right? This does a lot to my shoulders, for I more understand how open they have to be. Still, the kicking up exercise was quite difficult for me, as it is to jump from plank to squat. I think its because of lacking flexibility in my hips (thighs to breast). Thank you so much so far & I´m also looking for your 7 weeks course, because its so much fun !!
Hey Natalie! I can't wait until day 30 to thank you for this course! I'm learning so much already and today I had an "ah-ha!" moment or two! I'm a yoga teacher and love arm balancing, but have been scared of handstands for years. I thought it was my fear that was my biggest hurdle, but already I'm learning my shoulders aren't actually that strong and also some of my technique has been wrong! I'm still scared of falling (and breaking, not bending- any tips?) but I am so sure my strength will improve, which is going to be a big help! I've got my eye on your Vimeo course for when this is finished, to really help me conquer these handstans! Thank you so much for being so generous and sharing this course xx
Hello Emma, thank you for your feedback and for folllowing along on this journey. Did I understand correctly that you are scared of your arms bending? The best way to stay safe in the handstand is to have your full focus in the beginning on strictly not bending your arms. Don't bend your arms and don't arch your back, if you stick to that you have already done a lot for your safety. The more you round the back instead of arching the higher the chances you can get back onto your feet if your kick up isn't successful. Simply because your feet will be closer to the ground. Picture building a tower with your body in a handstand and find your own inner struture that relates to building a straight line from hands to toes (sounds a bit esoteric but can help ;) best wishes
@@NatalieReckert Thank you so, so much for taking the time to reply. That makes a lot of sense and I will implement your advice as I continue on my handstand journey. I'm just really scared of falling forwards. You know, when you overshoot or fall out and instead of falling back on your feet you topple over? I see bendy people turn it into a wheel (or bridge) pose but I worry I'm just going to come crashing down and smack my head/ neck/ back! I'm trying to train myself to cartwheel out, but I'm still scared! Your training is definitely helping me build strength and your advice of rounding the back I think will probably help with this. Thank you so much again for such a brilliant series. I am determined to keep going and conquer my fears!
Hey Natalie I just watched your Q&A video from last year where you address fear of falling! Sorry, I hadn't seen that before, but you really helped clarify some of fears there- thank you! And sorry for wasting your time!
@@emmahenry1163 Yes, practice cartwheeling out and avoid going into a bridge because you can hurt yourself doing that. Try to practice twisting your body with your back against the wall to help you react faster when cartwheeling out of the handstand.
@@emmahenry1163 oh no you are not wasting my time :)! I'm glad you found that video I should have prompted you in that direction. All the best for your practice
ech, this one was challanging for me already. I will see how the day 6 will go, maybe I will need to go back and repeat this one several times. I understood that I lack flexibility(and maybe strength) in my legs. When we had to do a handstand exercise from squat position to lift for 20 times, I had to stop the video and do it on my own pace...my legs wanted to give in...Maybe the hot weather also did not help :D. However, I love these exercises and love your explanations :)
Yes, please absolutely do this in your own time and adjust it to your needs. In the bend and straighten exercise there should not be too much weight on your hands, it is more about mobility. Feel free to repeat sessions for as many days as neccessary, Welcome on board :)
It is because your body is doing new movements that it may never have done before. Don't worry, your thighs get stronger and we won't be doing the same exercises all the time :) Welcome on board the journey!
One sixth of the way done! The "jumps" were pretty fun; they made me laugh. I'm off to drink water and listen to 80's music with Bluetooth headphones so I don't annoy my neighbors. :)
Haha! 80's music is great! Well done, keep up the good work!
Neighbor's 80s music moment was so funny!!
Gracias!!!! thank you so much! Day 5 already, wow :D
Yay! Welcome on board! Keep up the good work and let me know how it's going!
The way you deal with your `neighbours interatctions` is the best! =D
They are funny people! Thank you :)
Love that hopping drill, I wanted to prolong the hang. This is a drill I'll work on more with the aim of holding the balance with legs in the split knee bent position. Really enjoying these short interesting, so far achievable sessions with you Natalie. Your presentations style is great as are your explanations. Looking fwd to day 6.
The hard bit was raising my legs up and down squat to stretch, my knees were killing me. The fu bit was when your neighbour played his favourite 80's song and you edited sorting it. SO funny! Brilliant. Looking forward to day 6.
You may want to practice squats seperately a bit to improve your mobility :) Thanks and great that you are still following!
That was also hard for me, and I use my legs a lot for my fencing class!
Just finished day 5! Doing this alongside your pushup challenge (my shoulders burnnn)! Thanks for these videos - I was going to skip to the later days to get directly into the handstand kick ups but building strength from day 1 has helped immensely and I love your teaching method.
Haha, well done for doing both programs at the same time. Building strength slowly pays off as well as building a daily practice, so yes, be patient and don't skip sessions :) Best wishes
Natalie, thank you so much for these videos! I am loving them so much! I used to be a gymnast but realized this year that I wasn’t strong enough to balance on my hands anymore, and this is such a wonderful way for me to get back upside down! You are a fantastic teacher, and I love that you also incorporate visualizations and exercises to feel how we support our bodies. This series is amazing!
Thank you for your lovely words! Welcome on board.
thank you Natalie, the gentle way to prepare our body (load on should, engage out abdomen and serratus muscles), wrist and should mobility and body alignment/balance and daily for handstand is so effective. Looking forward for the day I could do a handstand. Thank you again.
Thank you for your feedback! Very happy to hear you are finding it helpful and great to have you on board! Let us know how it goes! Best wishes
Me too. Did you get there already?
@@metabolictherapies not yet, I needed to move to different city due to Covid-19 and just got settling after few weeks ago and got back to my running and started again in day 10 and loading the weight on the wrist slowly... Keep on Torres, let's go.... and stay safe wherever you are.
you are such a great teacher, thank you
I love the meditation at the end:)
It's Unbelievable Natalie how right your approach is. I can't help asking, is it your know-how and have you learned how body does it all on your own or was there somebody or some people who shared knowledge with you? You are undoubtedly the best handbalancing coach at YT. 👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏 Greatest Respect Ms. Super Hero
Aww thank you for your wonderful words! :)
I had a lot of great teachers, who taught me many different ways of working with the body, of thinking about the body and and different training methods. Mainly gymnastics, circus, dance and bodywork.
When it comes to handstands, I find that I learn most thorugh teaching and through my students. I find I learn most from my most difficult students because in order toy make them progress you really need to tune into what is going on in this body.
I also find it quite fascinating, so whenever someone has a handstand problem, I am instantly ver interested.
I have this blog here, where you can find more thoughts about his:
artofhandbalancing.wordpress.com/
Thanks for your support,
Best wishes
@@NatalieReckert
Thank you Natalie, it's a pleasure to read and a value to learn.
Having read knowledge you share on the link I stay impressed by clear deep vision perception awareness consciousness you have. And the flow of your thinking as well. 👍🤸
day 5 done! Natalie, thank you. The classes roll-on in an easy way and I always feel like I should add more round and push for longer... I think I should just trust the process with you. I tried my way and I still can't handstand!
Hiya, welcome on board, it will get harder so save the pushing until you need it :)
My thighs were sore from that lifting hip for 20 times, I think I should engage more on my core to help the lifting. I love that hopping with exchanging foot, that was fun!
Yes! the up and down movement can be quite hard in the thighs! Try to relaxe your lower back more and if you can, try to rest your ribcage on your thighs (this depends on flexibility of course)
The lifting does prepare you for jumping though, which is important when starting to kick or tuck up into a handstand.
That hoping is fun
I like your energy! Thank you very much Natalie Reckert !!:)
Thank you for following along. Let me know how it goes. Best wishes
Day 5 ✔️ 🔥
Day five went well, although I feel it the most in my wrists. I am hoping that will reduce as I learn to trust my body! Thank you for encouraging me to review how I felt during the practice, it is a great way to become more present and aware of enjoying the experience. I can tend to get too serious, so smiling is helping a lot! x
Yes! Exercise should be an inspiring challenge and not a chore! You are spending time with your precious physical body. If your wrists get sore I recommend possibly using handstand blocks and adding wrist prep exercises to the workout. Invest ten minutes everyday in strengthening the wrists. An easy peparation is just taking tennis balls an squeezing them 20 times with each hand and then slowly working your way up to 40 squeezes. Also istretch the wrists so that they are ready to be exposed to the 90 degrees angle!
So Awesome
My wrists are getting better and: more flexibel, on day 5 already. So good! Now I´m still unsure, during exercises, if to bend my arms, but found your answer below, to NOT bend the arms / ellbows at any time, right? This does a lot to my shoulders, for I more understand how open they have to be. Still, the kicking up exercise was quite difficult for me, as it is to jump from plank to squat. I think its because of lacking flexibility in my hips (thighs to breast). Thank you so much so far & I´m also looking for your 7 weeks course, because its so much fun !!
Hiya, yes, never bend the elbows :) great to hear that you feel a difference. This may help you m.ua-cam.com/video/vcJ6rHoyUbk/v-deo.html
@@NatalieReckert Thankyou !
Thanks a lot 🕺🕺
Hey Natalie! I can't wait until day 30 to thank you for this course! I'm learning so much already and today I had an "ah-ha!" moment or two! I'm a yoga teacher and love arm balancing, but have been scared of handstands for years. I thought it was my fear that was my biggest hurdle, but already I'm learning my shoulders aren't actually that strong and also some of my technique has been wrong! I'm still scared of falling (and breaking, not bending- any tips?) but I am so sure my strength will improve, which is going to be a big help! I've got my eye on your Vimeo course for when this is finished, to really help me conquer these handstans! Thank you so much for being so generous and sharing this course xx
Hello Emma, thank you for your feedback and for folllowing along on this journey. Did I understand correctly that you are scared of your arms bending? The best way to stay safe in the handstand is to have your full focus in the beginning on strictly not bending your arms. Don't bend your arms and don't arch your back, if you stick to that you have already done a lot for your safety. The more you round the back instead of arching the higher the chances you can get back onto your feet if your kick up isn't successful. Simply because your feet will be closer to the ground. Picture building a tower with your body in a handstand and find your own inner struture that relates to building a straight line from hands to toes (sounds a bit esoteric but can help ;) best wishes
@@NatalieReckert Thank you so, so much for taking the time to reply. That makes a lot of sense and I will implement your advice as I continue on my handstand journey. I'm just really scared of falling forwards. You know, when you overshoot or fall out and instead of falling back on your feet you topple over? I see bendy people turn it into a wheel (or bridge) pose but I worry I'm just going to come crashing down and smack my head/ neck/ back! I'm trying to train myself to cartwheel out, but I'm still scared! Your training is definitely helping me build strength and your advice of rounding the back I think will probably help with this. Thank you so much again for such a brilliant series. I am determined to keep going and conquer my fears!
Hey Natalie I just watched your Q&A video from last year where you address fear of falling! Sorry, I hadn't seen that before, but you really helped clarify some of fears there- thank you! And sorry for wasting your time!
@@emmahenry1163 Yes, practice cartwheeling out and avoid going into a bridge because you can hurt yourself doing that. Try to practice twisting your body with your back against the wall to help you react faster when cartwheeling out of the handstand.
@@emmahenry1163 oh no you are not wasting my time :)! I'm glad you found that video I should have prompted you in that direction. All the best for your practice
ech, this one was challanging for me already. I will see how the day 6 will go, maybe I will need to go back and repeat this one several times. I understood that I lack flexibility(and maybe strength) in my legs. When we had to do a handstand exercise from squat position to lift for 20 times, I had to stop the video and do it on my own pace...my legs wanted to give in...Maybe the hot weather also did not help :D. However, I love these exercises and love your explanations :)
Yes, please absolutely do this in your own time and adjust it to your needs. In the bend and straighten exercise there should not be too much weight on your hands, it is more about mobility. Feel free to repeat sessions for as many days as neccessary, Welcome on board :)
@@NatalieReckert thanks for your replies and care :)
I loved doing the last exercise. Lifting the legs and creating a suspension. Although my shoulders are really paining a bit.
Hiya, you can always take a day of break in between the sessions. Also some shoulder pain is normal if it is your muscle that is working hard :)
Day 5-✅
Really Great! 23:05
Hard but done!!
Yay! good work!
day 4 and day 5 done smile much thanks cheers smile
:) Great!
So very hard today with the surprise extra. But I'm with you..Oh I did squats today in the gym so I'm toast
Fantastic! Love your determination!
Absolutely top 😊😀😍thx
Awesome
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Why my thighs are hurting so bad??!!
It is because your body is doing new movements that it may never have done before. Don't worry, your thighs get stronger and we won't be doing the same exercises all the time :) Welcome on board the journey!