# @yogawithbriohny on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYFacCyOgan
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65673218-yogawithbriohny-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-08T16:47:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Briohny Smyth (@yogawithbriohny) — https://gondola.cc/yogawithbriohny

## Caption

There’s something I call an “aha moment” in yoga 💡It’s when your body finally does something your mind has been trying to understand for a long time. When the fear quiets down enough for you to trust. When you stop overthinking. What you’ve been hearing logically finally lives in your body. And once it does, you can’t un-feel it.

This drill creates that moment. And it works for every level of practice so take notes ✍️

For newer practitioners, this drill:
🌱 Builds real strength in the arms, shoulders and wrists
🌱 Gets you comfortable bearing weight on your hands
🌱 Builds the trust and body awareness that every hand balance requires

For more advanced practitioners, it helps:
🔑 Break the habit of ending up in a backbend at the wall
🔑 Train the weight shift that makes a freestanding handstand possible
🔑 Teach you to bring your hips over before your feet follow

This is the kind of work I bring into my training every single day. The ability to physically watch, assess and guide each one of my trainees. This is exactly what you coming to Thailand looks like.

My goal is to help you see exactly where you are, what’s getting in your way, and give you specific tools to move forward.

Because here’s what I know after 15 years of teaching. It’s not just about building strength and flexibility. What’s missing isn’t talent or ability. It’s trust in yourself. It’s believing that you can. It’s trusting someone else to guide you. It’s having someone in the room who can see what you can’t see in yourself and hand you the steps to get there.

We think what we need is a transformation. To become someone different. Someone better. But most of us were never broken to begin with. What we actually need is a revelation. The moment you realize that everything you’ve been looking for was already inside you. You just needed someone to slow it down enough for you to see it, feel it, and believe it.

That’s what I’m here for. If something is calling you to this training, that feeling is enough. You don’t need a plan. You don’t need a reason. Trust it. 

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#yogawithbriohny #yogahandstand #yogatutorial #yogateacher

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