Your Backbend Breakthrough: Step-by-Step Progressions for Every Body
A step-by-step approach to the foundational backbends of Ashtanga Yoga: Upward Dog, Purvottanasana, Urdhva Dhanurasana, and Drop Backs, designed to help you build strength, flexibility, and confidence—no matter your starting point.
Backbends can feel intimidating or frustrating—but they don’t have to. Your Backbend Breakthrough takes a revolutionary, stepwise approach to help you progress safely, intelligently, and with joy. Instead of just defaulting into what your body does and hoping for improvement, this class teaches you how to break down each pose into accessible steps, so you can refine your alignment, build essential strength along with flexibility, and experience the full benefits of backbending. This one-hour class covers: • Upward Dog, Purvottanasana, Urdhva Dhanurasana, and the first steps of Drop Backs • How to move into each backbend progressively, using high, medium, and low stations • Essential strength and flexibility drills to support a healthy spine • Refined alignment principles to optimize form and ease • Customizable options to suit your body and practice level Whether you’re struggling with tightness, lack of strength, or discomfort, this class gives you the tools to open your backbends with confidence and joy.
Course Content
Your Backbend Breatk Through
A one-hour class covering Upward Dog, Purvottanasana, Urdhva Dhanurasana, and Drop Backs. Learn a stepwise approach with strength drills, alignment insights, and progressive stations to refine your backbends safely.
Frequently Asked Questions
- 1. I feel compression or pain in my lower back when backbending. Will this help?
- Yes. This class teaches alignment techniques and strength drills to help you open your back without straining your lower back.
- 2. I don’t have a super flexible spine. Can I still improve my backbends?
- Absolutely! This class emphasizes both strength and flexibility, helping you unlock more range of motion over time in a safe, supported way.
- 3. I don’t have a lot of extra time to train. Can I still benefit?
- Yes! This class provides efficient, targeted exercises you can easily integrate into your regular practice.
- 1. I struggle with deep backbends—will this class help me?
- Yes! This class is designed to give you a foundation is backbending that you can then apply to all backbends ranging from the most basic to the most complex. You will also learn how to find suitable steps for each backbend and this will help you work with your edge and find just the right deepness for each pose.