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  • Thumbs up if you know how to do it but you can't . like you know how to balance, your body just doesn't want to when your minds set to it . and you still kind of sort of need the wall, and you still can barely do it . you can get up without support sometimes, but not automatically . and if you fall crooked or something . or if you've tried almost everything and nothing is working.

  • You are ment to keep your back straight. She is going to be having back problems later in life now

  • Thanks, everyone!! :) Sadie

  • LOVE IT!

  • Thank you!!!

  • Yeah baby... smart and sexy, AND strong!

  • please tell me how much time it took u ti balance...presently iam doing handstands but i cant balance..i still need the wall and sometimes i do balance myself for some seconds without support but generally i need the wall...i have been doing it for the last 7 days.... so do help me

  • @superchiku ME TOO! <3

  • I try this so often, but get scared cause my apt. is weird, no feng shui and no free wall space whatsoever. I hope to free my fear.

  • sweeeeeet .. keep it on !

  • fino, quiero aprender hacer todo lo que tu haces...

  • It's so nice ...you are really a professional !!!

  • this is great!! i'm amazed sadie can instruct so well upside down!! haha...i will be trying this for sure!

  • Thanks Sadie! Great tips!

  • I'm always fearful that my arms will suddenly give way and I'll go straight down, breaking my neck.

  • Look where your fingers are pointed (like Sadie commented on the video). If they are pointing together your elbows are going to be pointing out - and when you put weight on them ... they're going to bend and you'll fall. Try to get the "eyes" of the elbows aiming towards the wall you're going to lean on. Kind of "locks" them and gives them more stability. Some of its just plain arm strength & getting over fear as well.

  • Thanks!

  • this is great!.. i do inversion table but this look more challenging and fun to do we dont spend enough time upside down lol!

    (glad i found your channel) ..Shelly

  • Glad you found me too;)

  • Hi Sadie! this video is really helpful, this pose is really fun to do but for me it's actually really scary, i can do headstands and i can even do the scorpion pose but i just can't handstands haha so i hope this will help:) nice tutorial, really detailed!:):)

    Have a nice dayyy,

    Helena

  • It should help. and also, remember that you should start by hopping REALLY low to build arm strength and core connection with yourself. Just chip away at it, and before long, you'll be jumping higher and higher--while still being in a place where you feel safe. Don't go too far, too fast. No rush--enjoy the journey!!

    xoSADIE

  • "Denied!" I like that, Sadie. How do you feel about hopping up with both legs? It's a bit harder to find balance, but it ties into the jumping back and through.

  • I also teach it with both legs--see my Core Handstand video! I call them Shiva Kicks--both arms straight up and down like a Plank Pose, walk in close (two feet away, or under hips) to the hands with feet together, knees bent. Take hops on the exhale, never wavering the arms, feet locked together. Pull in the navel to help you hop up till eventually heels touch the sitting bones, hips hover over shoulders. Then place feet at the wall, tuck the tailbone under, and extent the legs. VOILA!

  • You know, I do remember seeing that. I always do the hopping on inhale. I guess if your working on a core strengthening exercise, than exhaling would be appropriate, for little hops. But not so much to jump into the hand balance, no?

  • YES, anatomically, it is much more effective to do large or small hops on the exhales. It protects your spinal discs from over-pressurizing with the weight-bearing load when you're jumping, and the bigger the more pressure. Injuries from pressure are far more likely when the inhale loosens abdominal support than on the exhale. It also muscularly helps you pull the hips up, and it keeps the low back and hips from arching into a backbend. It's the most effective for all your inversiions!

  • Wow! That's the most detailed handstand tutorial I've seen :)!!!

    Sadie, you rock as always. Thank you very much! I'll try to follow your instructions and will let you know when I rock the handstand.

    p.s. and the wrist clear at the end :). love it!!!

  • Heheh--you caught the wrist clear! Good eye.

    I always do it after any arm balance and--no more wrist pain for Sadie!!

    Let me know when you get it and make sure to watch the Core Handstand video I made too--it tells you even more.

  • Thank you!

  • You're so welcome!!

  • Yeah I'm thinking I was overstretching my arms. I'll pay attention to this next time I try handstands.. :)

  • It does make all the difference!

    xoSadie

  • My FEAR is what if i fall on my head. Ive never ever  been upside down like that. :-( Im so scared

  • you can try sliding off your bed on your back and putting your arms down to help you get over your fear of being upside down THEN trying the handstand, or put a pillow under you... that might help... you have to have confidence when doing things like that, being scared is how you get hurt most of the time... i'm no guru, but that's just from my experience... :)

  • Thank you so much for this advice im gonna try it.

  • no problem at all! good luck! you can also try headstands once you feel comfortable being upside down, then work your way up to a HANDstand... for a headstand, you use your forearms as the base and your noggin gives you extra support. look them up. :) glad it helped!!! :D

  • I would watch my video Core Handstand, and learn the pose from the ground up. These are good suggestions, but to really get strong enough to learn the pose, you must practice the pose in order. Through the foundations of doing the pose, you will build arm strength, core strength and courage in equal measure.

    Have fun--and just hop a little at a time--stay in control, and in alignment, and you'll be fine..

    xoSadie

  • you are so sweet! :) i really wish that i could make a special trip up to your studio to get a private lesson! :) i think that would just be wonderful!!

    xoxox

    elaina

  • THANKS!! You will get it--and sooner with the info in this video!

    xoSadie

  • Great advice, thanks a lot! I know I'll get to do the handstand one day!

  • firts! love your chanel

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