How did you start doing headstands? I've tried but it hurts the top of my head. Is that normal?
Hey! Yeah, that’s very normal. I started by using folded up towels under my head and on a floor that was covered with those rubber ‘play room’ mats, but even so, it did hurt and I only stayed up a short time at first, even against the wall. Over time, my head got used to it ... or got harder (?? haha!) and my neck, shoulders, and core also gained strength.
Make sure you are on the TOP of your head. You don’t want to be too far forward or back or you risk injury to your neck, also, most of the weight needs to be in your ARMS, not on your head/neck. Think about lifting your head off the floor with your arms when you’re in a headstand to take the weight off your head.
We had a fill-in for our regular hot yoga teacher and he did headstands as part of his practice/class, so that was where I was first introduced to them (and I sucked so badly!), but I also watched many videos about them to try and gain any tricks. There really aren’t any tricks -- practice, practice, practice.
Here is an answer I posted a while back that has a couple of video links in it for beginner headstands that might help.
Let me know if I can help further!