Yoga Back Stretching Exercises

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FREE YOGA VIDEO: Ustrasana Pose (Camel Pose)
Ustrasana or Camel Pose is a basic backbend posture that can really help open up the front of your body. When we talk about forward bends, we're opening up the back of the body; and when we talk about backbends, it's the front of the body we're concerned with: the hips, the iliopsoas muscles, the shoulders, the chest. It's important to remember that Camel Pose is NOT about grabbing your heals. It's actually about opening your entire spine in a large arch.

CAMEL POSE: Tips & Tricks
The single most important thing to keep in mind with Camel Pose is that your hips want to press forward as much as possible. This means that your bum is moving away from your heals, not relaxing down. In order to find this dynamic in the posture, you want to press down into your feet, chins, and knees as you press your hips forward with your hands on your lower back.

USTRASANA POSE: Open Your Heart
The next important thing is to remember that your heart wants to open up and expand UP not down. Our natural reaction to backbends is to close off our chest; but the better choice is to relax your heart open as the shoulders move together behind the back.

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Once you get deep into the posture, it can feel quite comfortable, but be sure to come out of the pose carefully! The best way to come out of the posture is the same way you went in: hands on hips, head back, hips forward... slowly roll up!

HOW LONG?
This pose can be pretty intense, but it's always helpful to set a "breath goal" before your start. 10 breaths is a good starting breath goal, and you can build from there. Camel Pose will help improve your practice of all other backbends as well.

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Yoga Back Stretching Exercises

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  • "BARCAkit - this is ...

    "BARCAkit - this is too hard to normal people"
    That is right. Also.., this exercises do not stretch the back, actually do they compress the back. The front will be stretched.

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  • this is too hard to ...

    this is too hard to normal people.

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  • your voice is so ...

    your voice is so relaxing... Im gonna watch it again, lol

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  • Hey if your that ...

    Hey if your that flexible like a rhythmic gymnast, then why don't you post some video clips on youtube showing off your flexibility. I'm a man and wish I had kept the flexibility I had achieved in my early 20's and now regret letting it get away from me. I think that is good if you have that kind of flexibility.

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  • Do the yoga ...

    Do the yoga backbend dropbacks, now that takes good back flexibility to come out of the wheel pose and then the balance of getting back nto the wheel pose.

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  • heh, no probalo no ...

    heh, no probalo
    no offense taken lol ^____^

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  • Oh! Hehe! sorry :P

    Oh! Hehe! sorry :P

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  • yoga is more about ...

    yoga is more about the theory of balancing one's bodily energies than pure flexibility itself

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  • this is very ...

    this is very informative, thanks!

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  • Hello? I can do ...

    Hello? I can do this very easily! What are you guys say? If you see this guy and you are impressed then wait to see the girls that do rythym gymnastic! I have double flexibility than this guy!

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  • pfff! I have way ...

    pfff! I have way too more flexibility than this guy!! And i am not even a yoga student!

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  • I know. It's too ...

    I know. It's too hard to do this........

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  • wtf? who can do ...

    wtf? who can do this? thats insane

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  • let me ask you ...

    let me ask you something, do you heat up before stretching? or it makes no difference?

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