Yay! Let’s get together to get upside down!
This handstand workshop is recommended for beginner and intermediate levels. Join this workshop to properly get started with your handstand, or take your next steps in improving your practice!
During this 4 hour workshop, we will cover different fundamental handstand concepts and exercises. The exercises will be tailored to your individual level and you will have plenty time to safely practice and receive feedback during the workshop.
On both days, we will practice:
Physical Preparation for Handstand
• Articulations, Strength and Flexibility Exercises
• Alignment and Body Awareness Exercises
• Safety: being able to confidently exit a handstand being able to confidently spot a handstand (work in duos)
Handstand Practice
Depending on individual need and rhythm, we will practice:
Headstands
Handstands against the wall
Different jumps into handstand: tuck, straddle, pike
Finding lightness and rhythm
Breath
Different leg figures and shapes
Handstand walks
Alignment challenges
Endurance
Depending on the exercise, we will work individually, in duo’s and in trios.
Stretching
At the end of the day, we will practice
• a few fascia stretches
• the most important handstand stretches: shoulders, forearms, abs and legs.
REGISTRATION:
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ABOUT NAOMI
Naomi studied handstand, contemporary dance and acrobatics in Passe-Muraille, Le Salto École de Cirque (France) and with various teachers in the Netherlands and Mexico. A passionate learner and teacher, Naomi is known for her attentiveness, her joyful encouragement of every body and her clear, inspiring way of teaching. Naomi is coming to Halle to share all the precious experience she has acquired about learning and teaching handstands, and all the fun and growing awareness that comes with that. Naomi also studied singing, theatre, clowning and somatic trauma-related work.
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