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Conquer the fear of inversions
3 students

Conquer the fear of inversions

A step-by-step method to conquer fear in your handstands and achieve a 30 second handstand in the middle of the room!
Created byVincent Vigouroux
Last updated 3/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Conquer the fear of inversions without a wall behind you!
  • Learn how to work with your body, not against it
  • Learn to recognise the signals from your nervous system to select drills
  • Tools and techniques to finally divorce the wall

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Course content

4 sections • 16 lectures • 1h 6m total length

  • Why you are afraid1:33
  • The two levers to conquer fear15:18

    Fear is most people's biggest obstacle. It is vicious, for it can nests itself outside of your awareness.

    As long as you will be consciously or subconsciously afraid of falling, your brain will hijack your attempts at doing without the wall all the good stuff you have diligently being learning on the wall.

    The problem has to be considered through two angles:

    1) We have to develop a safety net - a body pattern that reliably will take us out of harm's way anytime our handstand goes wrong. That's bailing for you.

    2) We have to learn to become more comfortable being upside down, and start noticing whenever our brain is hijacking our work, which signals that, despite you not feeling it, some part of you is still afraid. This is very different from step 1.


  • The Truth behind the comfort zone7:39

    As we have seen, it is of the essence that we know when we start to be afraid (how badly we have to be falling forward to be afraid) so that we can soothe our inner wild horse.

    Without that, you will without even realising sabotage your handstands, even if you already know how to bail - this is what happens for many improvers who just seem to be bailing too soon...

    This is the common (questionable?) comfort zone representation we see a bit too much on social media:

    There is value in us using it because FEAR actually is a component of our practice.

    Now, there are 50 shades of red. Being slightly uncomfortable isn't the same as being afraid for your life.

    It is being recognising the in-between Discomfort Zone, and its limits, that we will make good progress.

    At first, this orange zone will feel very small. Your body will go very quickly from "this is fine" to "take me out of here!".

    So what really matters is for you to start listening to your body's cues so that you know the moment you start tip toeing in the red zone and stop moving! Only at that price will you be able to gradually summon the parasympathetic system and increase the surface of the orange zone.

    PS: yes, with time, Handstands will be all green. Until you start working on canes, that is ;)

  • How fear changes our line22:24

Requirements

  • None - this is a beginner-friendly course for handstands, zooming on the fear component

Description

The whole point of handstands is to be able to perform them in the middle of the room. 

And on that topic, fear is the elephant in the room!

Fear is most people's biggest obstacle. It is vicious, for it can nests itself outside of your awareness.

As long as you will be consciously or subconsciously afraid of falling, your brain will hijack your attempts at doing without the wall all the good technique you have diligently learnt on the wall.

The problem has to be considered through two angles:

1) We have to develop a safety net - a body pattern that reliably will take us out of harm's way anytime our handstand goes wrong. That's bailing for you.

2) We have to learn to become more comfortable being upside down, and start noticing whenever our brain is hijacking our work, which signals that, despite you not feeling it, some part of you is still afraid


- Work with your body, not against it

-  Learn to recognise the signals from your nervous system

-  15 lessons in videos, audio and written guides to conquer fear

- Tools and techniques to finally divorce the wall


What You'll Learn

Module 1: Handstand Foundations

Understand the foundational techniques that will allow you to hold a 15 second handstand as an adult beginner!

Module 2: How to use the wall properly

The wall is a double edged sword: it can be your best friend and your worst enemy. Learn how to practice with it to get rid of it.

Module 3: Separating from the Wall

Specific drills to train balance., confidence and spatial awareness.

Module 4: Conquering the Fear as an adult

Practical tools to reduce and stop your anxiety, embrace falling, and develop a growth mindset.

Module 5: Roadmap to your First 15-Second Handstand

Refine your technique and troubleshoot common errors!

Who this course is for:

  • Wall-addicts Tired of relying on the wall for support? We will see the exact step-by-step process to remove it while staying safe
  • Feel the fear? If the thought of kicking up in the middle of the room fills you with anxiety → this is for you
  • Can't progress freestanding? Beyond the fear: I want you to become super-duper comfortable upside down, avoid bailing too early for longer and more consistent handstands!

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