3 Tuck your toes under and lift your knees off the floor. This is step one of our
preparation for headstand, so if you’re just beginning to learn this pose I suggest you
stay here. Press the forearms to the mat, draw the shoulders off the neck, and broaden
the upper back. Start to slowly walk your feet in toward your elbows.
4 Try keeping as little pressure on the crown of your head as possible. Use the
strength of the shoulders and the core here; don’t collapse your weight on the crown
of your head! Keep the neck long and walk your feet as close in toward the elbows as
you can, until your hips stack on top of your shoulders. Now you’re halfway to
headstand! There is no kicking or flinging the legs involved here, but keep shifting
your weight forward until you feel the feet getting lighter.