Back-to-wall (BTW) small-tuck & 'seaweed-legs'
Handstand supported-balance
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2m 23s
THE WHAT:
A supported alignment/balance drill with focus on optimally "stacking" the hips-above-shoulders-above-wrists in vertical alignment. To facilitate support in the inverted position and moving the hips in space into position, the feet are kept FLAT against the wall and the legs in a soft, "small-tuck" - like lengths of seaweed floating in the water. This helps to develop the sensitivity of manipulating the shoulder/hip-position through the mechanics described throughout the resource, rather than any affect from the legs.
It important to emphasise here that the work is NOT simply to try and come to balance - it is firstly to optimally ALIGN the shoulders & hips and, when this is optimal, one's structure will COME to balance with just a little manipulation from the hands (note, however, that you should aim to keep your weight more toward the HEEL of the hands). This is therefore an ALIGNMENT experiment to learn, through trial & effort, the small-frame motor-patterns to "stack" the shoulders & hips, and to ultimately EMBODY the sensation of them being in optimal alignment.
Ultimately, both of these aspects (hip & shoulder-alignment) are integral to ALL balancing handstand forms. Once the legs are incorporated into the HS line and eventually balancing, however, their alignment is normally the first thing to "break". This leads to either to loss of balance or, at best, significantly reduced efficiency (e.g. arching back, leading to "closing" shoulders" and increased pressure on the wrists in extension, with weight shifting toward the fingers). Investing in proprioceptive AWARENESS of one's structure and body position (i.e. alignment) helps to develop the mechanism both to prevent, and to correct, when this occurs.
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