This session pairs jump-back training with a progressive dropback circuit to build strength, control, and rhythm in your vinyasas and backbends. First, you break down the Ashtanga jump-back into three patterns—Strike & Lift, Strike Lift & Curl, and Strike Lift Curl & Jump—using chairs, blocks, or the floor in timed rounds. You learn to coordinate the crouch, hand strike, and forward throw of the torso so lift and landings into Chaturanga become lighter and more controlled. Then you move into dropbacks at the wall, onto pads or furniture, and finally to the floor, doing three dropbacks in each setting and repeating the sequence. The focus is on a clean vertical arm reach, strong legs, and one “sweep of power” per dropback so you touch down and rise on a single breath. Together, these drills develop confident jump-backs, solid landings, and the leg power and spinal opening needed for smooth, committed backbends.