🤸♀️ Manchester Begintermediate Handstand Workshop with Helen Downey Yoga! 🤸♀️Join Natalie from The Handstand Movement and Helen from Helen Downey Yoga for a 3-hour workshop in the heart of Manchester, combining yoga, mobility and handstand training!
Whether you're working towards your first freestanding handstand or looking to improve your balance and consistency, this workshop will help you build confidence, refine your technique and understand how to keep progressing.
📅Saturday 14th November 2026
⏰ 1:00pm – 4:00pm
📍 Deansgate Haus, 293A Deansgate, Manchester, M3 4EW
💰 £60 per person
🔞 Adults 18+
🤸♀️ WHO IS THIS WORKSHOP FOR?
Our Begintermediate Workshop is ideal for anyone who has already started their handstand journey and wants to develop better balance, strength and control.
To attend, you should be comfortable:
✔️ Kicking up into a handstand against a wall
✔️ Holding a chest-to-wall handstand for at least 20 seconds
✔️ Supporting your body weight on your hands
You don't need to be able to balance freestanding!
✨ WHAT TO EXPECT
🧘♀️ Yoga & Mobility with Helen
We'll start with a yoga-based warm-up, focusing on mobility, flexibility and activation to prepare your body for handstand training.
🤸♀️ Handstand Training with Natalie
We'll break down the key elements of handstands, including:
✔️ Alignment and body positioning
✔️ Balance and control
✔️ Kick-up technique and entries
✔️ Strength and endurance
✔️ Different handstand shapes and transitions
Expect plenty of wall-based drills, partner exercises and freestanding progressions tailored to your ability.
💪 INDIVIDUAL COACHING & FEEDBACK
With two experienced coaches and limited spaces, you'll receive plenty of individual feedback throughout the workshop.
Our focus isn't just on getting you upside down. We want you to understand*why something isn't working, how to correct it and what to practise next.
🎁 A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA!
Everyone attending will receive a complimentary goody bag, including snacks and a trigger point massage ball!
👋 MEET YOUR COACHES
Natalie Fisher – The Handstand Movement
Founder of The Handstand Movement, Natalie specialises in breaking down handstands into manageable progressions, helping students build confidence, improve technique and develop more consistent balance.
📲 @handstandmvmt
Helen Downey – Helen Downey Yoga
An experienced yoga teacher and trainer specialising in Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Rocket Yoga, Helen brings her knowledge of mobility, strength and inversions to help support your handstand practice.
📲 @helendowneyoga
🎟️ READY TO GET UPSIDE DOWN?
Spaces are limited to ensure everyone gets plenty of individual attention.
Come join us for an afternoon of yoga, handstands, learning and plenty of laughs!
👉 Book your place now and take the next step in your handstand journey!
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