Gabriele Saturno on Instagram: "Scorpion Handstand Tutorial 🦂 The scorpion handstand it’s not an unintentional “banana handstand”. It’s a Yoga pose as well as a position use in circus hand-balancing. It’s not an inherently dangerous position, but please be mindful of over compressing the lumbar spine. If done correctly and built gradually it’s totally safe for the majority of people. We need to “open” 3 main areas: lumbar spine, thoracic spine, and hip flexors. Here are the exercises: 👉 Locust

Rebecca on Instagram: "I got a yoga band to help work on stretches for a deeper scorpion hold 🦂 I’m new to this stretch but I do know you want to keep your chest up and your base leg straight🌸 Flexibility+ strength ftw 🙌 #handstands #backbends #stretching #flexibility #calisthenics #scorpionhandstand #yoga #tutorial #howto"