Heel squat to Pike Transition

Hello Friends

In this short blog post

Im going to give you some pointers about ‘heel squat’ to ‘pike’.

Starting from the ‘heel squat’ rock

1. Arms should be shoulder width distant apart with the crease of the elbows pointing forward. Now press hands down and round through the upper back.

Note: Fingertips squeeze the floor, make sure to engage through the forearms.

The rock/swing forward and backward, side to side and up and down will be key for you to develop body awareness in ‘stacking’ (in order to develop skills such as handstands/’Bananeiras’ and their variations) and also understand the transfer of weight distribution through the arms and hands ( For cartwheels/Au’s in all variations).

2. Rock forward stacking the shoulders over the wrist and lift the hip up

This is our Pike position.

Note: Here arms continually press into ground (yes on the way up and on the way down continuously) and for that extra engagement, pull the hands towards the feet and feet toward the hands.

Hope this helps

Power to you and your practice