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Challenge Poses: The Best Handstand Tip You’ve Never Tried
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Liz Arch makes every pose look easy, so when she offers inversion advice we’re all ears. Her top Handstand tip? Stop trying so hard. (Yes, really.) Turns out, when we try to muscle and effort our way into a challenging pose, we can miss the simplicity of its shape. Handstand, for example, is simply Mountain Pose upside down. Zero in on your alignment weak points with Liz’s diagnostic tips in the video so you can flip effortlessly into Handstand.