Skill Building For Inversions

SKILL-BUILDING FOR INVERSIONS

These are Beginner-Friendly workshops to Build Strength, Confidence, & Trust

Are you curious about going upside down but unsure where to start? This workshop is designed for complete beginners who want to safely explore headstands and handstands, as well as for anyone looking to build confidence, refine technique, or limit pressure on their wrists and shoulders. Inversion stools will be available to support your journey with care and accessibility.

You’ll be guided by Tanya Zappala, with over 20 years of teaching experience, you will be guided step-by-step through a progressive yoga flow and targeted strength-building drills to help your body and mind prepare for inversions with clarity and confidence.

Dates: Saturdays, 12:30 – 3 pm

Cost: $55 | book into both classes for $90 

Click date of Choice: June 28 OR July 5

Suitable for complete beginners and those looking to deepen or modify their inversion practice.

Practicing inversions offers a wide range of physical, mental, and emotional benefits, even for beginners. They build strength in the core, shoulders, and arms while improving balance, flexibility, and body awareness. Being upside down stimulates circulation and lymphatic flow, supports spinal health, and can calm the nervous system.

Mentally, inversions help sharpen focus, build confidence, and shift perspective—offering a sense of empowerment as you face fears and learn to trust yourself.

Whether you’re practicing with inversion stools or working toward handstands, regular inversion practice can enhance your overall well-being.

What You’ll Learn:

We begin with the foundations—core activation, shoulder stability, breath awareness, and alignment—before gradually introducing techniques for headstands and handstands in a safe and supported way.

Expect a warm, team-focused environment with plenty of encouragement and communication. Whether you’re taking your first steps upside down or returning to inversions with new goals or limitations, this series is designed to meet you exactly where you are.

The Practice:

The asana sequence is inspired by Shri Dharma Mittra’s Shiva Namaskara, integrated with Anusara Yoga’s alignment principles, and enhanced with gymnastic-style drills that build control, confidence, and dynamic strength.

Experience a full-body practice designed to support sustainable, empowering inversion work for the long term.

About Your Teacher:

Tanya Zappala has been teaching yoga since 2004. She first encountered this powerful and playful sequence during her AcroYoga Teacher Training in 2008, where she discovered how yoga, therapeutics, and acrobatics can come together to empower everybody. Tanya teaches from experience, with warmth and clarity—creating a safe space where students feel held, seen, and supported.

Dates: Saturdays, 12:30 – 3 pm

Cost: $55 | book into both classes for $90 

Click date of Choice: June 28 OR July 5

Come as you are—whether you’re brand new to inversions or looking to return with more care and clarity. This is your invitation to build strength, flexibility, and confidence in a safe, supported space. Step by step, you’ll discover just how capable you are—and that going upside down doesn’t have to be scary after all.