Fish Pose offers a more mild back bend without sacrificing their benefits, including opening the heart, gaining flexibility in spine and overall trunk, and plumping up the intervertebral discs. Want to try this pose? Here’s [...]
These two poses offer a more gentle back bend than many other yogic back bends. It also warms up the spine for other deeper poses. Instructions: 1. Begin by coming to all fours, with your [...]
One can easily see why Bridge Pose, or Setu Bandhasana, was named as it was, as in this posture our upper body creates a bridge from our head to our feet. This position can calm the [...]
Looking for a deep back bend? Look no farther. Bow pose, or Dhanurasana, is called such because here, we make the shape of an archer’s bow. Instructions: 1. Lie on your stomach with your hands alongside [...]
Camel Pose, or Ustrasana, is not as difficult as it may look, I promise! There are varying degrees you can back bend here, so feel no pressure to go as fully into it as the [...]
Cobra, or Bhujangasana, helps to gently increase flexibility of the spine and lower back, and is one of the most accessible back bends for beginners. While this pose can be done independently, cobra is usually [...]
Upward facing dog, or urdhva mukha svanasana, is generally performed as one component to a vinyasa (a Sanskrit term often describing a type of yoga that ‘flows’ from one posture to another) flow, such as [...]
Sarah is a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance. She's been practicing various styles of yoga for ten years and is excited to be sharing her love of yoga with the world.
Often times when practicing yoga we focus on the position of our extremities and forget about the finer details, like our hands. However, our hands can form our base (as in downward facing dog), or [...]
We’ve just made our first beginner’s yoga sequence so that you can practice yoga at home! This abbreviated, 23-minute sequence is appropriate for all levels, and is intended to open and energize your body. Please [...]
Facing downwards and stretching like a dog as we do in “Adhomukha Svanasana” will stimulate yuor nervous system, stretch the backs of your legs, and rejuvenate your whole body. This is also a mild inversion, [...]
Bette Calman may be in her eighties, but she is more flexible and active than my teenage brother. Read more about this extraordinary woman here.
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