How to: Kick up to handstand 🤸 Kicking up to handstand is the easy part, staying up there may require a separate post 😜 If you're learning to handstand using the kick up method rather than the pressing method that I have suggested in the past then hopefully these tips might help ✌ . - Turn hands outwards slightly if your shoulders and/or wrists are tight. - Hands directly under shoulders or slightly narrower. - Eyes of elbows rotating forward. - Upper arms drawing towards eachother. - Shoulders protracted and elevated. - Don't even begin to kick up until shoulders are stacked over hands. - Gaze can be wherever you feel comfortable, I prefer between my thumbs or slightly forward. - Inhale to prepare and exhale to execute😉 . - . Next, choose your kick up method. Everyone is different and learns differently but these two methods are what works for most. People seem to freak out about banana backs when learning to handstand, to the best of my knowledge no one has ever died from a banana back! I doubt you'll be holding it long enough for a banana back to leave any lasting damage. But as you progress and learn you'll figure out how to improve your alignment. But first work out how you're gonna get up there then work on staying there. It doesn't have to look perfect while you're only learning so ignore the perfectionist rules and learn your own way! . 1. Stag leg kick up - This was my favourite way to kick up when I was learning. I felt I didn't need as much kick in my kick. When you kick up do your best to keep shoulders exactly as they are, don't let them go forward of your hands. Also start the kick up with the shoulders already set up and in place. And only focus on lifting from the hips. Relax the legs, don't worry about lifting the legs they will follow what the hips do. Think about kicking the butt with the heel. . 2. L shape kick up- This requires a little more activation in the legs but same rules as above applies. Lift from the hips and reach upwards with the feet. . Hope this is useful, any questions just ask . 😘Lx . #yoga #handstandtutorial #handstand 👉👉Tag to follow for more - #catshandstandtips 👈👈