How to Straddle Handstand the right way

There are plenty of spots where one can mess up when doing handstands. This can actually be quite fascinating. When everything is going well things are great but when there are small mistakes things can go south real fast and nothing works. It is essential to look at the handstand as a whole. Your entire body is a chain and only by manipulating the chain as 1 you will be able to truly succeed in your handstand practice.

Whilst most problems originate in the shoulders one big possible issue that can occur in your handstands is in your hips. More specifically the position of the hips and legs in the straddle handstand.

It is not easy. You want to open your legs wide enough to take advantage of them for balancing purposes. At the same time you need to keep them closed enough so your hips don’t pike.

It can be quite confusing where to put the legs and this exact question is one of the main ones I receive whenever I teach in person or online.
#handstand #straddlehandstand #yoga #middlesplit

[ianaaronson]

This is definitely why I can’t get a good handstand push up in straddle but can do multiple reps with my legs together. Going to spend some time building up my middle splits. Thanks for the tip

[balintgruber]

Very good tutorials, thank you soo much

[nguyenhungnhat]

will the straddle give a better balance in handstand ?

[claudiogialain]

Well its real but it's not that big of a deal i think piking the hips if you can controll it

[Serialchiller]

For me straddle feels harder than usual handstand