I wouldn’t say my backbend is anywhere close to most contortionists. But I have achieved a good amount of bridging skills over the years. If you want to take your bridging skills even further, then these are the people you need to learn from. Most of my bridging has focused …
Contortion Training
Contortion is closely tied to hand balancing in many ways. Good flexibility is needed for hand balancing. And the most contortionist acts you’ll see a variety of handstands. Now I have no plans to become a contortionist, but perhaps we can learn a thing or two from their training. And …
Yoga’s Scorpion Pose
When I was practicing a bit of my hand balancing last week someone who practiced yoga commented on it and we started a conversation. One balance that she told me about is the Scorpion Pose also known as Vrschikasana. (No, I don’t know how you pronounce that.) For any hand …
Diane Robinson – Contortionist Extraordinaire
From the November 1950 issue of Acro-Chat. Diane Robinson like many others has spent many happy hours working out with the gang at Santa Monica’s “Muscle Beach.” But her real training came from dancing school acrobatic teachers in Oakland and Hollywood, California. Diane’s ease of manner, grace of work …