Backbends: Open & Rejuvenate

Overview

Restore your alignment, support digestion, release tension, and unlock hidden energy with backbends! Luke Ketterhagen guides us through both accessible and advanced asanas. Invite a gentle heart-opening with the bridge pose, reawaken deep breathing with a simple standing backbend, strengthen with bhujangasana, and reinvigorate your whole body with chakrasana.

5-Part Series

7 min
video

Simple Standing Backbend—A Tutorial

A simple invigorating pose to be done anywhere anytime, a standing backbend is an effective counterpose for sitting too long. This tutorial presents variations for all levels. Learn to open the rib cage, awaken the...

7 min
video

Bhujangasana, the Cobra Pose Step by Step

The numerous benefits of the cobra pose include strengthening for the back, support for sitting, integrity for standing posture, and activation and access to diaphragmatic yogic breathing. An essential posture for any routine and any...