Back bend

The benefits of yoga align with the osteopathic approach to wellness, tuning into your body’s natural tendency toward health and self-healing.

The back bend is a beautiful move practiced by both yoga and gymnastic enthusiasts. Your arms and legs firmly hold you up as you push your spine upwards into an arch. Coming out of a back bend can be a bit challenging, especially if you...

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I’ve been practicing Bikram Yoga at home for several years, and over time it’s almost free. Doing Bikram in a studio is not cheap. I wanted to do the 60 day challenge, but the cost was prohibitive. So, this is my DIY “Bikram at Home” set up with a few hints and websites if you want to purchase the items. You will need a bathroom you can heat up for about 8 hours. It really needs to be a bathroom because you need the shower for humidity... more later. You need to be able to lie down with your…

Daily Yoga Journey on Instagram: “Chakrasana or wheel pose is a deep back-bending posture that requires preparation & patience. ✨Firstly, work on hip opening asanas. When…”

Añjaneyāsana, Crescent Moon Pose, or Ashwa Sanchalanasana is a lunging back bending asana in modern yoga as exercise. It is sometimes included as one of the asanas in the Surya Namaskar sequence, though usually with arms down in that case.

Here are pictures of 9 gorgeous backbends to inspire your yoga practice - all are artistic celebrations of the beautiful human body, enjoy!