Too much sitting at the computer (or in front of the TV, or chopping at the kitchen counter) leaves us rounded and hunched. One of my Thursday students requested backbends to counter that hunched over feeling. Happy practicing!
Virasana – clasp hands, bend elbows to a right angle, lift elbows up over head. Repeat with a foam block
Adho mukha svanasana
Lay over blocks – repeat arms
Adho mukha svanasana – plank
Adho Mukha svanasana – lift leg, touch knee to nose
Adho Mukha Virasana (pose of the child) hands on blocks
While prone, bend knee, flex ankle, lift thigh to find hamstrings
Ardha Bhekasana
Bhujangasana
Dhanurasana
Adho mukha virasana to adho mukha svanasana to uttanasana to malasana
Sirsasana or prasarita paddotanasana
Salamba sarvangasana or viparita karani
Drop back from sarvangasana to setubandha
Setubandha with a chair
Savasana with calves on the chair or bolster under knees
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