Inversion and arm balance workshop

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May 10
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Inversions and Arm Balance Yoga Workshop Plymouth 2025

Q: What are the Benefits and Key ingredients of Arm balances/inversions?

Benefits of arm balances:

Help energize and enhance personal power.

Improve upper body strength, balance, and mental concentration.

Learn delayed gratification and mental discipline.

Strengthen the wrists, arms, core, and other muscle groups.

Help prevent osteoporosis (maintain mineralization).

Improve balance reflexes and prevent falls.

Overcome fears and build personal resilience.

Encourage patience and reframe negativity into positivity.

Improve the skill of staying calm and focused (in any situation).

Improve proprioception and spatial awareness.

Increase a sense of humor

Precautions: Recent surgery, injury, Vertigo, Tinnitus, Ladies holiday

Key ingredients and Challenges: Breath, Bandhas, Dristi

1. Require both strength and flexibility.

2. Wrist flexibility. NEED WRIST STRENGTH/FLEXIBILITY WARM UPS, turn backwards.

3. Knowing where to put your weight: Spread your fingers wide and actively grip the floor to distribute your weight evenly. Put weight between fingers and the knuckle between your hand and your fingers. By moving the balance point forward, you have more control in your Handstand. Forearms balance.

Walking like child on all fours, explore fingers, forearms

4. Need core stability and core isolation:

A. NAULI, PLANK, SIDE PLANK (leg lifts), 3 limbed chaturanga, Down dog to charuanga. 3 legged dog to 3 legged chaturanga.

B. SAN FRANCISCO TWINKLE TOES, TREE, Natarajasana, Uttita Hast Padangustasana C, Dikshanana.

C. NAVASANA to LOW NAVASANA. VARIATIONS

Flexing your belly or tightening your corset in every yoga pose. Uddiyana

5. Need shoulder-blade strength (straight-arm poses). DRISTI, BREATH

holding an engaged Plank instead of sinking down into the shoulder blades. (Cat Pose in Plank position)

Plank push ups.

6. Move with control. Bringing mindfulness to the movement the fear goes away. Central strength to extended strength changes the muscles and strength needed. Gravel bags.