Headstand Tutorial - Inversions for Beginners (HOW TO DO A HEADSTAND)

[@sosekeitto56]

It's really impressing how you can keep talking calmly while in headstand!

[@dianavonderluhe4052]

This tutorial is fantastic. I did yoga on and off for years and never managed a balanced headstand. I managed two days in a row! The strengthening exercises in your ‘shorts’ helped too. Thank you.

[@ninanunchucks]

This has been very helpful especially to hear that it has taken you years to get not headstand. Recently I have become very frustrated with trying and not getting my legs up. You are one of my favourite yoga teachers

[@yogaconmarlene]

I've been practicing for 3 years now and I'm a new yoga teacher but THIS is the first time I've tried to do sirshasana without kicking and I did it at first attempt just beacuse of your explanation. I never knew how to push my leg up and it even felt easy! Than youuu!!!

[@MinimalRevolt]

This is my first time doing sirsana/headstand pose. Tbh, I feel more flexible and every little practice is a step forward for me. Thank you so much, Kassandra.🥰🙏

[@romyendley854]

Thank you for this Kassandra. I have been frightened to try headstand as I predominantly learned and got into yoga during lockdown, online, without a teacher present, and worry about injuring myself. I will definitely give this a go.

[@emaragioglio]

I’m overjoyed! This is the first time I’ve been able to headstand after many years of practice. I can’t stop smiling 🥰 Your explanation was so thoughtful and clear. Thank you for sharing your gift of teaching 🙏🩵

[@theresealexandersson910]

You are powerful and so great at explaining! Thank you!

[@coversdovala]

I've been practicing Calisthenics por 2 months and I'm condition to begin Headstand so I can go to Handstand. I was pretty much afraid to try it because of the neck. However I tried your tips and today I managed to hold the position for about 2 seconds, with just one leg stretched. What a progress! Thank you very much

[@alpashah8305]

Thank you sooo much for the perfect tutorial. I managed to do my first headstand today. Gratitude

[@dudablack2426]

Kassandra, thanks for the tutorial but especially by your last comments… when I see this it looks impossible to me, and I appreciate you sharing the pose takes a while to build strength and confidence (and courage!!) to accomplish!! ❤❤

[@seematalwar9440]

Amazing tutorial! You are a wonderful teacher and it’s amazing how you can speak while doing the difficult pose 😅❤❤

[@val9096]

Omg! First time trying this I was able to do the first one and did not feel any pressure. You are an amazing teacher

[@msinbalony]

I am SO happy to see TUTORIALS ARE BACK!! please plesae do one for Warrior 1 (always awkward for me..) and Cobra 💙

[@Thegiddyowl]

Super stoked! I remember that you had super old videos about this, so glad to have all this update info in one spot!

[@michellelim8718]

Kassandra, you are wonderful teacher n guidance to me. Thanks ❤❤

[@sandrinenakache8754]

Such a good teacher. Thank you for the great videos❤

[@roxanneaspogard1327]

Thank you Kassandra, this is probably one of the most difficult Yoga poses to master, and this tutorial is excellent. Wishing you a wonderful day....especially if you are standing on your head. 🙂

[@angelauska]

It's mostly about technique and ab / shoulder strength

[@yogawithkassandra]

Thank you! You too!

[@racquelc2772]

Amazing you can speak clearly while doing the step by step on the poses!! 😋

[@teohmeishi]

You are a great teacher, please teach more arm balancing pose

[@parveenjohal1597]

Amazing and excellent tutorial. Thank you!

[@kanikaxx2079]

This is wonderful! Thank you. I really needed that head placement :)

[@abbysandrews]

Could you do one on arm and/or hand balances?

[@aishaclarke1895]

Thank you so much!! I thought I was far from being even close to doing this but I was able to do it with this video! ❤❤

[@jptwigg1]

Very good. Allowing grace & humor with myself & head placement were particularly helpful. Jai Bhagwan 😉

[@ankitalohar5538]

Steps explained very well for beginners ❤

[@maidoarte]

Wow how well explained is that?? Amazing explanation, definitely I'll be trying some of the first options to start building some upper body strength, which is my main focus here! Thanks a lot!

[@su_yoga]

Great video. Thanks for sharing ❤

[@kirstylennox1510]

Great video. Ive been trying to figure this out

[@lorijohnson9823]

Great refresher for making sure my technique is correct! Thank you for describing how to engage the body properly. Will work toward the one leg raise at a time way to get into headstand.

[@innatehabits]

Yaaaasss! I've been skipping this part in the sessions. Now I can practice 😂. Thank you K. ❤

[@MMBeing]

Very nice a simple, clear and thorough demonstration of how to perform sirsana...

[@ShraddaNiche]

Yes Yes yes the strengthening will help and is key. Keep at it and voila

[@karinekmk9293]

Thank you Kassandra for the detailed exclamations ! I'm only able to do the 2nd version (lifting one leg, then the 2nd one), and some days I don't hold more than 2 breaths in sirsasana...but sometimes i can hold 6-7 breaths, and that's huge for me ! Any tips to hold the pose longer please ? 🙏 Little story : I learned to do this pose bc of one of my students. I'm a maths teacher, but crazy about fitness and yoga. This student absolutely didn't care about maths, but wanted to get better in calisthenics, particularly handstand, so we used to speak (and demonstrate, if my outfit was appropriate !) at the end of the class. I know HOW to do handstand but I can't (and never will) bc of a broken supraspinatus. So I gave him some tips, and he was proud to show me some progress vids. And I got envious ! I wanted to go upside down myself too (and not only dowdog😎). So I tried the big inversion that was suitable for my injured body, aka : salamba sirsasana. And we then used to show to each other vids of our progressions😀 Sorry, I wrote a loooooong story here, but it's funny how life makes you take challenges that would have never expected 😀 (please apologize for the mistakes, I'm french !)

[@angelauska]

Thanks for the nice story😊!

[@akilakrishnamoorthy9526]

Dear kassandra.....such an amazing tutorial and awesome explanation. Very motivating for beginners to try this difficult asana. Thankyou so much....😊

[@rubaalbarghouthi]

Amazing explanation 👏 👌 👍

[@angelaperazolo5762]

You are great !!! Thanks for this tutorial!

[@yamintzk778]

It's very helpful ❤ Thank you for making this video.

[@Jo_spice_blackwood]

I took your advice and taking it in stagez to strengthen my arms first. I'm usually wanting to try it fully first..glad I slowed down my Achieving rate. Felt rry safe doing the arm strengthening.

[@JulieBoissonneau]

Thank you Kassandra ! I had my first head stand With your good directions! Yé!

[@sabrinemarzouk8397]

thank u so much kasandra for this amazing tutorial ,it's more easier now

[@AnnieMarieMurphy]

Excellent tutorial! Thanks, Kassandra! ❤😊

[@vemnock3622]

Damn she’s strong as hell ❤

[@bernadinecabanas331]

Thank you for the tips. I will try it tomorrow 🙏

[@rachel-hw6mh]

So well explained, thank you so much you make it look and sound very achievable even by me!

[@Vultrex_High]

This helped me a lot to understand, thank you 😊

[@homepacific4272]

Thanks..i am trying now

[@timnicholls9827]

Thank you very much. Am going to try this-slowly!

[@Coolstoriesforya]

I really needed this thank you😃

[@susanriley9135]

I used to try headstand a few years back when I was practicing regularly. I was putting the weight too far back on my head. I’m going to start practicing again and really want to do a headstand. Thank you for this!!

[@ankitapandya-cb1wy]

Sister ur soo divine and beautiful sooo nicely taught headstand Thank you sis🙏🙏🧘‍♀️

[@kennethmontoya6731]

Fantastic work out really target the core and glutes really felt it in the whole body thanks u guys rock i always feel like I had a full body circuit work out u guys rock keep up the great work have a wonderful evening see you next work out 😊

[@elzolubbers]

Thanks for this video, very clear explanation. Looks like I'm still firmly in the building strength part of the tutorial. But with practise, who knows...

[@YourFriendlyGirlNextDoor]

Fantastic Video and really amazing channel! :) Congrats on all of your success here on KZbin!

[@star1Lu]

Yes... Thank you, I really want to know how to do this ❤

[@sabrinemarzouk8397]

can u do for us more tutorial about inversions ,it's very helpful

[@danijelaleskovar]

thank you for this 🙏♥

[@tachetmarie-pierre6188]

Thank you this is very helpful and I like you care about people being safe. I have a lot of pain in my quads and hip flexors, this is the biggest hindrance for me. What should I do? Streching my legs before praticing headstand?

[@janammas240]

Women are simply great people

[@itslouise566]

What an in depth tutorial. Thank you for this. I'm still scared of doing headstands without a wall support because one time I've tried doing it without a wall and rolled over and landed up wrongly on my back to the point i've strained my neck and upper back. It took three to five days to lose the pain.

[@masakoonishi]

Can you tell me what I should look at when I am in this pose?

[@emmasarahuller6552]

Thank you very much! U helped a lot❤

[@shannonnolan7002]

Thanks Kassandra. I was able to do the first variation on the first try probably due to the strength in my shoulders I’ve acquired in daily practice with You over the last year and a half. Quick question- Are headstands ever incorporated into a sequence, or flow? I am going to make it a point to come back to this training video - if an opportunity to undertake the pose popped up in flow it would be really cool as well. Thanks again…Namaste ❤

[@anitagranicz8655]

You could do it from a wide legged forward fold as part of a flow😊

[@IngerAnetteSørskår]

Is there a part two?

[@Hannah431-z5z]

Fun!! Thanks for explaining so well.

[@yogawithkassandra]

Glad you liked it!

[@Sasanjay-bc5eo]

Women are simply great people

[@EmilyElizabethYoga]

thank you kassandra ☺️🙏🏻💕

[@SujataPalMathematicstrader]

Thank you very much for your videos

[@sagime2506]

I'm learning 😊.

[@harryvangrieken5715]

How long do you recommend holding the pose? Thank you. This was very informative. Namaste.

[@channelee]

Thank you so much

[@gunitabauere468]

Great tutorial, thank you! It worked (with a wall) today! My teacher stresses the importance of keeping the shoulder-width distance between the arms a lot. Estimating on the basis of how you feel it may not be accurate. What she always asks us to do is first grab the elbows with your hands before interlacing the fingers. That's your shoulder width!

[@jetvanwilligen]

❤oeeee and what about tripod headstand?

[@gruniach9681]

Thanks ❤

[@jozigzab]

Do you need to place the back of your head in the cup of your hands or should it be a little bit away from the hands

[@kasiasmusicandstudio]

I always wanted to learn the headstand, but I am not there yet.🤪 Thank you for the helpful tutorial.🙏

[@MsKate1610]

Great tutorial, thanks! I only have a question, are there any other ways how to activate the core, especially the underbelly? I was following the steps in your video, but somehow it is difficult for me to feel and use the bottom core muscles.

[@petarstojanovic194]

i love monday,at least here in Belgrade we defi the temperature of +40 degrees,we say hello,you are grea.🤗❤🙏

[@julesmink]

Ooooo can you do four arm stand next??? Thanks!

[@FarheenSKhan]

Which time is best to do this pose?

[@teohmeishi]

Love it

[@lils6407]

Frankly, I want my goal to be getting back into morning and evening yin yoga sessions (whichever one I can do that day), and then after I get used to it again, I'll try doing the first two exercises (before the end of the year).

[@tracy800]

Is it normal for your head to be itch after it? I am trying my best to not put too much pressure on my head but it still itchy everytime i do one

[@doloresrodriguez623]

What are the benefits of doing headstands?

[@janciloz]

I realized that after a year of working out, my muscles are in pretty good condition (incl. core), but my flexibility is a joke. I can't bring my hips above my head, and when raising a leg, the best I could do was slightly above horizontal. I guess that's what preventing me from achieving the headstand. What exercises would you recommend to improve my flexibility for the headstand? I guess it's actually the same as training for a leg split, but I'm not sure.

[@jatubcnr3463]

Beautiful forever ❤

[@DerpGear]

What if the top of my head doesn't reach the floor when my arms are in this position? Are my arms just too long? 😂

[@sailingnimbus1173]

Pop a folded blanket under your head, to close the gap😊

[@DerpGear]

@@sailingnimbus1173 thank you so much!!!!

[@lotuslightheart]

Im also a yoga teacher, but have in the past shyed away from inversions for a variety of reasons. But im now open to start learning again to feel confident to teach some things, so this was a great reintroduction to this teaching. I feel much stronger now after 10 years of yoga teacher training than i did when i was first learning this in YTT. Thank you for sharing Cassandra. Love and Light. ❤

[@ItsNishaLaurenWest]

I wanna do this but I’m scared

[@razorwire9735]

I am able to do a headstand technically but when I do I feel like I am drowning. I don't mean that it is scary. I mean literally like water is rushing up my nose. I do not have a cold or the flu. I do have all year round allergies of unknown origin for which I take medication but it happens even when my allergies do not seem to be acting up. I used to be able to be upside down without this problem but now it is all the time =(

[@AsaanEnglish_000]

seems like you have internal congestion.Try nasal netipot where take warm saline water nad pull it up the nostrils a few times and then tilt ur head backwards by looking up the sky.This will melt ur congestion an du can spit it out.Its magical.Donit for a week and all ur congestion will be out your nadal passages and you wouldnt have any difficulty with headstands

[@AdornNewYork]

🧘🏽‍♀️🥰🧘🏽‍♀️

[@johnsomerville5729]

Hi kassandra can you have the camera closer to you it would be nice to see you up close when your doing yoga everyone will be able to see your moves a lot better

[@mariethornton3123]

You can Zoom in ...

[@MISFITNXC]

I do the float with plough/ shoulderStand ...lol I don't know if I'm ready for headstone though, I fail at chaturanga...😂

[@Geaweel]

❤❤❤

[@sashaxela]

I appreciate your clear guidance and instructions, and I'm totally impressed by your strong headstands, but I think headstands are just not for me!

[@verenaeisenberg1333]

Consistancy is Key. Just train her Tips daily (or nearly daily) and i promise, one day will come and u get into the haedstand so easy, then u will fall out because Ur so surprised, then will try again and- tadaaaa there u have IT

[@Sisa61]

Thank you! My next challenge for 2023,2024,2025……😅

[@t3r3sa17]

💞💞💞💞💞💞

[@muntingmonique2781]

I can do a headstand on my hands, not on my forearms. Is that bad? Why do I find it really hard (impossible, actually!) to do it on my forearms?

[@danielstauning-haargaard5889]

Pity my head keeps rising up from the mat, and into a mix of head and hand stand

[@angelauska]

...sirsasana/headstand pose...