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Strong Backbends - Preview

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Ashtanga with Mary Taylor
Level 2-3 - 30 mins
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Explore movements that reveal an expansive, even liberating feeling as you practice backbends from simple upward dog to more advanced poses such as eka pada rajakapotasana (one-legged king pigeon). Working intelligently on the wave of your breath, find the edge of sensation that keeps you safe and strong. Simplify backbends by exploring them as movements that incorporate your shoulders, spine, pelvic floor, quads and hamstrings. Work these muscle groups in a flowing form for deeply satisfying backbends. Props Needed: A block and a strap.

Level

2-3

Practice

Yoga

Teacher

Props

Block & strap

Intensity

3

Duration

30 minutes