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Kula Flow: Strong Legs for Stable Backbends

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Kevin Bigger

e-ryt 500 yoga teacher and teacher trainer based in brooklyn, ny.  i started practicing yoga up in boston in my late teens, immediately after a period of massive (less than healthy) weight loss, and just before...

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(suggested props: two blocks and a blanket)

In a backward extension, the legs need to engage strongly so that the lower back has support from below. This guiding principal carries us through a practice that features poses like virabhadrasana iii, ustrasana, and urdhva dhanurasana (warrior three, camel, and wheel poses).

(Int/Adv) Kula Flow is vinyasa (or flow) style yoga with an emphasis on creativity and alignment. Classes are inventive and thoughtful sequences of sun salutations, standing & seated postures, back bending, and inversions—guided by a steady breath to tone and calm the mind. Most teachers also use bandha work to open and strengthen the inner body. (Classes differ in tone and vigor depending on the teacher, so if you have special needs/interests please contact [email protected].) For students with a regular yoga practice.