#backbendlover

#BackbendLab Day 11 #dhanurasana #bowpose Another one of my favorites 😻 One way of exploring this pose is entering from salambasana- bending the knees and grabbing the ankles. This is shown in the video at the end... 📝 📝 ✅If you can't reach your feet you can learn to use a long towel or strap, just be very mindful of the way you hold your prop as well as how it is effecting the neck and shoulders - especially if you are not going overhead. ✅If you are going overhead it's easier to use a very long loop to hook the feet- neck and shoulders should be stable for the most part once you figure out the shape- you will be able to however walk the hands down the strap towards the feet. This is actually pretty awesome to do even if you don't "need" to use a strap. 🚨avoid letting the knees go wider than the hips 🚨avoid flipping the head back 🤸‍♀️please see my amazing co-hosts @melindamartinsyoga & @catvaladezyoga for more! 🤸‍♀️ PLEASE DO show our awesome sponsors some #love! @om_matters @mamakuka and @hotchakrasyoga who will be gifting some awesome prizes to our winners! 🌟 HOW TO PLAY: 1: Repost this flyer with the challenge tag included, and tag 3 friends to join you 2: Follow all hosts and sponsors 3: Post the pose for all days, tagging hosts, sponsors, and #BackbendLab 4: Make sure your account is set to public so we can see you participate and cheer you on 🌟 Your 15 days in the lab are: ✔️Sphinx (🐱: @catvaladezyoga ) ✔️Locust (🌿: @faern ) ✔️ Upward Facing Dog (🐰: @melindamartinsyoga ) ✔️Anahatasana (aka Extended Puppy Pose) (🐰) ✔️Anjaneyasana (🌿) ✔️Anuvittasana (🐱) ✔️ Camel (🐰) ✔️Cobra (🌿) ✔️Tiger (🐱) ✔️One Legged King Pigeon (🐰) ✔️Bow (🌿) 12: Dancer (🐱) 13: Upward Bow (aka Wheel) (🐱) 14: Inverted Staff (aka Forearm Wheel) (🐰) 15: Kapotasana (🌿) . . #igyoga #igyogachallenge #backbendlover #sfyoga #sfyogateacher (at San Francisco, California)

#BackbendLab Day 11 #dhanurasana #bowpose Another one of my favorites 😻 One way of exploring this pose is entering from salambasana- bending the knees and grabbing the ankles. 📝 📝 ✅If you can't reach your feet you can learn to use a long towel or strap, just be very mindful of the way you hold your prop as well as how it is effecting the neck and shoulders - especially if you are not going overhead. ✅If you are going overhead it's easier to use a very long loop to hook the feet- neck and shoulders should be stable for the most part once you figure out the shape- you will be able to however walk the hands down the strap towards the feet. This is actually pretty awesome to do even if you don't "need" to use a strap. 🚨avoid letting the knees go wider than the hips 🚨avoid flipping the head back 🤸‍♀️please see my amazing co-hosts @melindamartinsyoga & @catvaladezyoga for more! 🤸‍♀️ PLEASE DO show our awesome sponsors some #love! @om_matters @mamakuka and @hotchakrasyoga who will be gifting some awesome prizes to our winners! 🌟 HOW TO PLAY: 1: Repost this flyer with the challenge tag included, and tag 3 friends to join you 2: Follow all hosts and sponsors 3: Post the pose for all days, tagging hosts, sponsors, and #BackbendLab 4: Make sure your account is set to public so we can see you participate and cheer you on 🌟 Your 15 days in the lab are: ✔️Sphinx (🐱: @catvaladezyoga ) ✔️Locust (🌿: @faern ) ✔️ Upward Facing Dog (🐰: @melindamartinsyoga ) ✔️Anahatasana (aka Extended Puppy Pose) (🐰) ✔️Anjaneyasana (🌿) ✔️Anuvittasana (🐱) ✔️ Camel (🐰) ✔️Cobra (🌿) ✔️Tiger (🐱) ✔️One Legged King Pigeon (🐰) ✔️Bow (🌿) 12: Dancer (🐱) 13: Upward Bow (aka Wheel) (🐱) 14: Inverted Staff (aka Forearm Wheel) (🐰) 15: Kapotasana (🌿) . #igyoga #sfyoga #igyogachallenge #backbendlover (at San Francisco, California)