This blog is intended to help yoga practitioners who are struggling with backbends. I offer these insights and suggestions based on my own personal experience. I too struggle with back bends, and yet have made slow, steady (and some would say, amazing) progress. Through hard work and determination over many years, I have regained lost flexibility and range in motion. It has not been easy -- my practice feels more like physical therapy than yoga.
I would like to thank Eddie Stern, my yoga teacher and the director of Ashtanga Yoga New York. Without his inspiration, assistance and support, none of my progress would have been possible. I urge anyone reading this to follow your teacher’s direction first and foremost – use my ideas as an adjunct to expert guidance. When in doubt, listen to your own teacher or doctor. Ignoring or disagreeing with my ideas will not offend me. Above all, avoid the risk of injury.
My focus on backbends has been a journey over a decade. I offer these personal insights to those who feel the need to follow a similar path.
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