Bow pose is an intense backbend that improves spinal mobility, strengthens the posterior chain and opens up the chest. It's an advanced posture, so...
BACKBENDS
Backbends are yoga poses that stretch the front of the body and strengthen the back of the body, ranging from beginner-friendly poses like Bridge and Sphinx to advanced poses including Camel and Wheel. They're excellent for improving posture, activating the posterior chain, increasing mobility in the spine, and most backbends can help relieve upper and lower back pain by strengthening the muscles that support your spine—though it's worth easing off deep backbends if you have an acute back injury.
You'll find a number of 15-minute back-bending sequences in the Flexibility series.
Bridge pose improves spinal mobility, opens up the hip flexors and chest, strengthens the posterior chain and relieves knee, upper and lower back...
Camel pose is an advanced backbend that improves spinal mobility, opens up the chest, stretches the abs and hip flexors and can help to alleviate...
Cobra pose is a key backbend that increases spinal mobility, opens up the chest, stretches the abs, improves posture and can help to alleviate back...
Cow pose is a classic yoga posture that improves spinal mobility and can help relieve pain in the neck, in between the shoulder blades and at the...
Dancer pose is an advanced balancing pose that stretches the quads, hip flexors, abs, chest and shoulders and improves hip and ankle stability.
Fish pose opens up the chest, improves t-spine mobility, strengthens the abs and relieves pain in between the shoulder blades.
Flying Locust pose is an advanced and awkward posture that improves spinal mobility and stretches the abs, hip flexors and quads.
Half Frog is an advanced yoga backbend that stretches the ankles, quads, hip flexors, abs, chest and shoulders and improves spinal mobility.
Locust pose activates and strengthens the posterior chain—to improve posture and alleviate lower back pain and pain in between the shoulder blades.
One-Handed Tiger challenges your balance, stretches the quads, hip flexors, chest and shoulders and improves spinal mobility.
Puppy pose is a key restorative backbend that opens up the chest and shoulders, mobilises the thoracic spine and can help to ease shoulder and lower...
Snake pose strengthens the mid back, lower back and glutes and opens up the chest and shoulders. It's a great pose to improve posture.
Sphinx pose is a beginner backbend that increases spinal mobility, improves posture and can help to alleviate lower and upper back pain.
Upward Facing Dog is a deep backbend that you find in the Sun Salutations. It strengthens the upper body and improves spinal mobility.
Wheel is an advanced backbend that stretches the front of the body and strengthens the back of the body. Please be careful in this pose.
Wild Thing improves spine and shoulder mobility, challenges your balance and strengthens the wrists, shoulders, back and glutes.