Handstand is one of the most popular practices in the world of movement. For many movers today, handstand practice is an important part of their regular training. Performing a handstand is only the fundamentals of inversion. Further progression includes straddle handstands, tuck balances and single arm handstand.
There are many ways to learn how to perform a handstand and every practitioner may teach you in a slightly different way. At the end of the day, they will all tell you that having a strong grip and perfect alignment is the foundation to a perfect handstand.
Here, we are going to go through 3 tips to improve your handstand.
Conscious Living might be a new term for some, but living a conscious lifestyle has been practiced for many years. Conscious living is all about how you are living and appreciating everything around you. It begins with understanding yourself and your lifestyle, followed by a continuous path of self-development and clearing of mental or physical blockages you've endured over the years.
Conscious living is all about being mindful. Practicing mindfulness involves living with inner peace and how the world deeply connects with us. It brings us gratitude and happiness right here and right now.
Starting your yoga journey can be intimidating. You may feel nervous and anxious just like when you step into a gym for the first time. There are many varieties of yoga and it can be difficult to decide where to begin.
Practicing yoga is not just about holding specific poses for a certain period of time, but it is a basis for developing good habits like daily discipline, mindfulness and self-awareness. Starting your yoga journey is opening the door to self-empowerment and development to a better life. Every beginner will ask the same question “where do I begin and which one is the best for me?”
A large percentage of plastic waste comes from single-use plastic water bottles. The ever-increasing use of plastic over the years has filled up our oceans and landfills with unwanted plastic pollution. Plastic takes thousands of years to decompose with a large amount of oil used in the production process.
An easy way to start reducing plastic use is to stop buying single-use plastic bottled water and replace them with a reusable water bottle. Not only will it save you money in the long run, but this is also such a simple habit to start in your journey to sustainable living.
With a mission to empower Hong Kong locals to strengthen their body and mind through fitness and well-being, Studio12 Hong Kong launched earlier this year specialising in yoga, gymnastics, drama, fitness and well-being for all age groups, especially with kids.
Erthe Life is honoured to be working with Studio12 in finding a sustainable solution for their fitness and yoga accessories. We provided our sustainable cork and natural tree rubber yoga mats with our 100% cork yoga blocks which fit in perfectly with their white décor and the studio’s minimalistic theme.
Handstand blocks allow you to find your balance easier than balancing on the ground with just your hands. It provides better control during inversion and they also improve your hand grip. Performing a handstand with handstand blocks require less wrist flexibility.
There are a lot of different handstand equipment to help improve your handstand training. Each type of equipment will provide a different learning experience as part of your handstand journey. Today, we will be introducing Erthe Life’s Handstand blocks with a brief introduction on how and why you should start adding them to your practice.
There are all kinds of body weight training and exercises. Today, we will explore one of the most feared and challenging body weight exercise: handstand and hand balancing. A handstand is performed by placing both your hands on the ground while balancing your body vertical position and keeping your legs straight pointing towards the sky.
The one benefit of performing a handstand is most people will tell you that it looks really cool (especially on your social media profile)! But did you know that there are plenty of health benefits associated to handstand training?
With each choice we make, we end up spending our lives giving a lot of ourselves, our time, our love and our energy. These choices often are in the pursuit of a better version of ourselves, whether its physical, mental, financial or all of them above.
A lot of the time we believe that the choices we make are actually sacrifices. So often we feel this is a sense of “giving up” something of yourself for the greater good of the world. Each of these choices could be viewed as a sacrifice, or are they just choices?
Introducing our best selling#plasticfreeeco-friendly cork yoga mat. Made with 100% sustainable cork and natural tree rubber, our non-toxic and biodegradable materials are made to last as well as being friendly to the environment.
Erthe Life's mission is to simplify the path to a sustainable living through Yoga, Movement & Breathwork. All our yoga accessories are designed in Australia, sustainable and biodegradable while not compromising performance, style, and durability.
Barefoot training is gaining popularity among athletes and fitness professionals but is this all a fad or are there really science behind it all? After all, we are born to walk barefoot so maybe it is all meant to be.
Have you jumped on the bandwagon and tried training barefoot yet?