Handstand Diary
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Handstand Diary
Hi! I'm Soundschi and I'm simply fascinated with the art of handbalancing. Although the journey to learning and perfecting it is a rough one with many, many struggles, I decided to do whatever it takes to stick with it, become better and learn everything I can about it. And since Ivo (my husband) a...
Recent Episodes
32 episodesEllen Grow - Training at a Circus School in China
China, like the Ukraine, is known for bringing out incredible handbalancers and circus acrobats, some of them very young. Ellen Grow, who I met at the...
Yulya Mihailova - Life of a Handbalance & Contortion Star
Guys, I’ve been dying to show you this one. I think I don’t need to explain who Yulya Mihailova is, as she is probably the most famous female handbala...
Alexander Hart - The Beauty and Strength of a Handbalancer
In this interview Alexander Hart shares his path to becoming a high-level handbalancer with us and insights he had along the way. After our interview...
Pieti Kirkkopelto - Think Less and Do More
Here's to all of you overthinkers out there. This message is one I needed to hear for sure: Think less and do more
Pieti was one of the amazing...
Kaisa Koivuluoma - Her Breakthrough in Handbalance
Kaisa’s story is one of the most amazing I’ve ever heard. It shows that sometimes less is more and that a sudden breakthrough is possible in handbalan...
Song - Ouchies in my Wrist
Here's to all of you injured people. Don't take it to serious. It will pass!
It's been quite a while since we last posted. Ivo and I had some bi...
Mihaela Karkia - Reaching Top-Level and Finding Your Own Style
I have rarely seen any person being as driven as Mihaela. She knows exactly what she wants and you can feel her laser sharp focus when you watch her p...
Luis Landa - Intense Training and Staying Inspired
Today I'll talk to Luis Landa, my mexican friend who decided to teak a leap and move to another continent to persue his dream. His progress eversince...
Kim Alicia Gerlach - Circus School Life and becoming Pro
This episode is about a little hero I met here in Kiev.
Kim just finished her first year at the Circus School and tells us about what she's expe...
HANDSTAND Q&A - Kiev
Since we are spending some time in Kiev all around handbalancers, we decided to do a fun little Q&A.
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Ulrik Ask Fossum - Taking the Next Steps in his Handbalance Carreer
How exciting to meet Ulrik again after such a long time. It's been about a year since our first interview. He came to Vienna to perform at the "Bodywe...
Sonja Smith-Novak - The Story around Handstand Diary
This was a pleasant, but unexpected experience! When we were in Amsterdam to visit some family over New Years, we wanted to connect with Max, a fellow...
Yuval Ayalon - Finding Ease and Effortlessness in Handbalance
This time I got the pleasure to meet master Yuval Ayalon, who has been around for years and influenced a great number of people in the handstand commu...
Neven Gerenčir - A new and better Life through Handbalancing
In this interview Neven Gerenčir, student at INAC in Portugal, tells us all about how handbalance changed his life and himself as a person. For me, he...
Mau Jara - His Journey and Finding Balance
First time I saw a post of Mau Jara on Instagram (@maujara) just a few months back, I was amazed. This guy was staying on his hands forever, was jumpi...
Paul Twyman - How to achieve a One Arm Handstand
Paul Twyman is a “late starter” on the handstand journey, which is even more impressive knowing that he has a big family to take care of. On top of th...
David Marion - Efficiency Daddy Life and Injuries in Handbalance
David Marion, a great gymnastics and movement coach I met in Perth talks about his experiences in his own training and coaching. He's probably one of...
Harry Williams - Individual Style in Handbalance
This weeks episode is with Harry Williams (@holisticmovement on Instagram), one of the best handbalance coaches in the Perth community of movers. In t...
Lewis Yost - The Importance of a Community in Handbalance
I was super excited to meet Lewis Yost (aka Lew Dog Millionaire), the young handbalance prodigy of Perth.
He's only 17 years old and has gotten...
Andrii Bondarenko - Story of a glamorous Performing Life
In this interview Andrii Bondarenko tells us about his life as a performer, the good side and the sacrifices that come with it. He is currently the so...
Ryan Hurst - Awareness and Autoregulation in Handstands
Head Coach and co-founder of GMB Fitness, Ryan Hurst tells us about his perspectives on the importance of building awareness during the process of lea...
Rama & Shakti - Handbalance in Yoga
At first it was their beautiful backbend handstands that caught my attention and made me curious. But as I got to know them I realized that there was...
Miguel Sant'ana - Strong Handstands and his Journey
Meet the man who inspired me to start my handbalancing journey exactly one year ago. It was just now that I got the chance to meet him in person and l...
Emmet Louis - Perspectives on Teaching
I was very fortunate to finally get to work with the Splits Wizard Emmet Louis. He is especially known for his ability to unlock flexibility in adults...
Yuri Marmerstein - From Tekken to Handstands and Acrobatics
Yuri is one of the most reflective teachers I know and he has a lot of valuable things to say about any subject in movement really. Having taught hims...
Sascha Bachmann - His Life as a Pro Handbalancer
I got to meet Sascha Bachmann aka the Germinator. Not only is he a total beast when it comes to his skills, but I also had one of the best handbalance...
Morgan Lee - Handstand Life and becoming a Performer
After having talked to his brother Josh last week, I'm excited to present this interview with Morgan, his younger brother.
This time we t...
Josh Lee - The Mental Game in Handbalance
In this interview with Josh he tells us about his take on the mental game. He tells us about different personality types he has seen to work well with...
Helgi Freyr - From a PhD in Physics to owning a Gym and One Arm Handstands
Helgi Freyr, one of three owners of the gym Primal Iceland, has changed his entire life during the last five years, since he started to move his body....
Mikael Kristiansen - Obsessiveness Reasonability and Handstands
If you have a hard time making sense of how you should practice your handstands, this video is for you. Mikael Kristiansen is one of the best known ha...
Ulrik Ask Fossum - Patience and Commitment in Handbalance
Todays episode is about the guy who has helped me with my training for the last 7 months. Ulrik Ask Fossum is a handbalancer (I guess by now we can ca...
Christine Unger - Why its NEVER too late to learn a Handstand
Have you always dreamed of following your passion of being a handbalancer, a dancer or even being on stage, but you think you're too old to start? Mee...