FlyStrong

This first phase of the FlyStrong series will establish the foundational skills for handstands and inversions.

FlyStrong is for anyone who wants to learn how to handstand or who wants to advance their handstand and arm balance practice beyond whatever you thought you were capable of! This series lays the vital groundwork for the most successful and solid handstand and arm balance practice you can imagine.

I will take you through everything from wrist health, understanding body alignment and strength, knowing how to fall, and harnessing your balance and control. You will learn how to use your hands as an effective balance and breaking system by recruiting forearm strength. You will master the basics of strength recruitment, straight arm scapular strength and core stability to make your handstands and arm balances feel lighter in your body.

If you are new to handstands or are fearful of going upside down, I provide you with the tools to help overcome that fear by building your knowledge and confidence to get you to your first unsupported handstand. If you are comfortable with inversions, the knowledge you’ll gain from this program will take your skills to the level that you’ve been struggling to achieve.

I will share the best handstand and arm balance secrets to help you develop your inverted body awareness so that you will be able to hold a freestanding handstand with your head down and eyes closed, where you can begin to find meditation in your handstand at the same time rapidly increasing your proprioception and balance.

This is part two of the FlyStrong series where we’ll take the building blocks from part 1 into your flows.

In this month-long series I teach you how to bring handstands and arm balances directly into your Yoga practice and skillfully thread them into your Vinyasas. I’ve been on the handstand and arm balance journey for a long time and throughout my journey I’ve acquired tremendous knowledge on how to master the body while balancing on one or two hands. This series is to share that knowledge with you. You will learn how to be dynamic and fluid in your handstand, how to float, and how to fly.

FlyStrong II is a skill-building plan that will give you a technical understanding of body mechanics and will have direct application to your Yoga practice. I’ll provide you with crucial concepts and skill exercises to skyrocket your advancement and develop intelligent strength. You will build your body, improve your strength and increase flexibility while you simultaneously develop skill, balance and knowledge.

One element that sets this series apart is its programming. Besides learning the body mechanics and going through the practice with me in video, I also give you homework, which consists of a list of exercises to practice after class. Handstands and arm balances are built in the self-practice – it’s HOW and WHAT you do between lessons that will really make a huge difference.

After 30 days you will have the skill, stability and confidence to float into a handstand in the middle of the room, do Hollowbacks, strengthen and advance your arm balance practice, and integrate all of it into your everyday Yoga practice.

This is the third and final phase of theFlyStrong program. This is where we begin to play with advanced transitions and complex transitions!

FlyStrong 3 is the pinnacle of the FlyStrong Series. This plan shares all of the really tough transitions and movements that I love to do in my practice.

This month-long plan builds upon the concepts and techniques from FlyStrong 1 and 2. We will journey towards advanced poses like One Arm Handstand and Planche, and we’ll navigate through transitions such as lifts and lowers from arm balances into handstands. Many of these techniques can feel way out of our reach, but I break down all of the progressions into easy-to-follow steps that will make the most impossible movements possible.

The plan breaks down each movement step by step, and each video is built around a specific goal whether it’s a lowering from handstand to Eka Pada Koundinyasana, or to refine your balance or proprioception skills. All of the classes build upon the previous one. Each day also has homework to do between classes to help you incorporate the techniques and strength-builders needed to perform that particular pose or transition. In addition to this homework, I’ve also included specific drills that I use everyday to increase my balance, strength and proprioception.

This plan is for the strong intermediate to advanced yogi looking to bring more strength, control and mindfulness to their inversion practice in the smartest way possible.
With time, practice and dedication, this series will open the doors to your practice that you never had access to before. This is it – the missing link to learn to FlyStrong!