Back Bend| Yoga Flow|complete Class| Master Praveen|hanoi
When warming up think about mobilizing your spine in all different directions for example with Cat Cow variations, gentle twists and side bends. Sun Salutations are great preparation as they warm the whole body – go easy on your first one so that when you go through Cobra or Upward Facing Dogyou’re not coming into the full expression of the pose straight away.
What poses help backbends?
Backbends are also front body stretches – so they benefit from open and relaxed hips and surrounding muscles including the top of the the thighs (quadriceps) and the psoas. Take a look at Sandra Carson’s great article on the psoas. Lunge (Anjaneyasana) or Reclined Hero pose (Supta Virasana) can give a great stretch to the front of the thigh.
The front of the chest and shoulders also need to be warmed up and open for backbends. You can practise wide legged forward bend with the hands clasped behind you (Prasarita Padottanasana C) or some of the contraction style backbends such as Locust are good preparatory poses before going into stronger variations such as Wheel or Dancer’s pose.
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