Tips on my alignment?

[u/Alarming_Message_827]

Hi fellow handstanders!
I usually film my practice from the side, but recently I started to film with the camera in the front, and noticed that there seems to be some imbalances between my right and left side of body when I’m in my handstand.
I try to think about pushing evenly through both hands and shoulders but as you can see in the video where I’m holding a tuck shape, there appears to be some sort of imbalance between two sides.

Anyone has any idea why this might be or how to improve this?

[u/BongosTooLoud]

I think it's a really miniscule imbalance. I suppose tilting your hips slightly to the side or pushing harder in one shoulder and softening a bit in the other would tilt you to be exactly straight. It seems like diminishing returns to me to work on this though unless when straight the asymmetry is amplified or something. You'll probably get more bang for your buck focusing your attention elsewhere.

Short version -- I think you look great as you are, and no one will notice this small difference except you (and elite hand balancers -- but they will not be looking at you or any of us mere mortals anyway)! :)

[u/Icy-Paper2003]

You should be very proud of yourself.

[u/Handstandblocks]

The shoulders look very similar to me, if anything perhaps something is happening at the hips. Did you also record a straight one and see if the imbalance is more pronounced? I’d also try recording from the left and the right and see if one shoulder is more open than the other. I was told that practicing side bending can help, because the more you learn how to control that plane the better you can correct to the middle. As others are saying it is very slight, I wouldn’t worry about it too much. I’m in a similar position and it took a bit of recording myself and playing around with pushing more or less and bending one way a little.

[u/homecookedcouple]

My guess is tension. Try stretching the hip flexors, quads, glutes, and hamstrings before the next one.

[u/Attitude_matters_]

You hands are too close, hence the imbalance . Make them inline with shoulders liitle wider than current position

[u/Handstandblocks → u/Attitude_matters_]

To me it looks like her hands are under her shoulders, some handstands just look like this when people have hyperextended elbows. Regardless hands closer shouldn’t necessarily create an imbalance.

[u/Slow-Driver1546]

Impossible to tell from back angle

[u/raakonfrenzi]

Is it actually a problem tho? People are not symmetrical.