Basics and Beyond : Gentle Backbends

Beginner I
(36 Reviews)
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This can either be done as a stand-alone class or as Day 3 - Gentle Backbends in Melissa's weeklong series: Basics and Beyond 7-Day Yoga Challenge. Let Melissa guide you through how to carefully and effectively perform gentle backbends on your back, stomach, all-fours and standing while engaging your deep core muscles to keep your back feeling strong and safe.

Equipment

  • Block
  • Blankets

Focus

  • Spine
  • Backbends
  • Morning

Style

  • Gentle Yoga
Tat
April 3, 2020
Comment:

All my heartfelt gratitude to Melissa for getting me back on the mat, following a four-month negation phase of mine, plus a most recent, COVID-triggered (I guess) flare-up of my autoimmune ailment with debilitating pain in my wrists, elbows and ankles. Love her rhythm, her solid yet soothing instructions - above all, her voice. Been through the first three practices, even shed a tear of gratitude and relief upon completing and namasteing the second one, looking forward to the rest. Thank you so very much, for restarting me
up.

Comment Replies

Maralepp
July 19, 2020
Comment:

@Tat, I am also experiencing a COVID-triggered (I guess) flare-up. I'm trying to work through it with meditation and yoga. Sleep has become difficult, but I just noticed that there's a Yoga Nidra for sleep that I should try out. Hope you are feeling better.

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March 29, 2020
Comment:

Really enjoying the Basics and Beyond series. Thank you for making my self-isolation experience more bearable!