Handstand workshops with Kit Eckersley

Join handstand extraordinaire Kit Eckersley for a dynamic morning of hand-balancing goodness designed to elevate your practice—whether you're finding your way into your first kick-up or fine-tuning your line and control. Through Kit's focused drills, playful progressions, and expert guidance, you'll build strength, improve technique, and gain the confidence to explore your handstand journey with more freedom and clarity. Kit brings a thoughtful and empowering approach that meets you exactly where you are—making this morning the perfect mix of challenge, support, and upside-down fun.

10 - 11.15am - Drills to improve your solo handstand practice
This session is all about helping you work smarter in your own handstand training. Expect creative, strength-building drills and alignment-focused exercises that you can use to refine your handstand practice. You’ll come away with a toolkit of drills that deepen your understanding, sharpen your technique and expand what feels possible upside down.

30 mins break - with coffee & energy ball from Gaffe (onsite coffee shop) - included in ticket price

11.45am - 1pm - Gaining confidence away from the wall
Nervous about getting up into your handstand without the wall? This session will help you work towards freestanding handstands with solid progressions, spotting techniques, and the mindset to trust yourself upside down.

Kit has been studying movement for over 30 years. Starting out as a gymnast before moving into high board diving and trampolining, their love for defying gravity eventually led them to the circus world, where they've been upside down for the last 12 years. Kit teaches handstands, acrobatics, and gymnastics at Cloud Aerial Arts in Manchester, sharing their passion for playful yet precise movement with students of all levels. Kit has honed their handstand practice and teaching to become one of the UK's best handstand teachers