In modern day daily life activities like working at a desk, driving, carrying children, housework etc. These repetitive movements create ‘hunched’ forward posture. After a prolonged period, this shortens the muscles in the chest which in turn pulls the shoulders forward. Backbends help to reverse the effects of this hunched posture and opens the chest to stretch and release the tension or tightness through the chest muscles. And maintained spinal alignment contributes in better posture. As well as backbends opens the heart chakra helping to become more welcoming to love, life and relationships. Backbends can excite the nervous system leading to an increase in energy levels and boost your feelings of vitality.
Improve cardiovascular health, stretches the muscles on the front of the body including the diaphragm and helps to deep inhale. It’s boost metabolism and help you to reduce belly fat. Backbends build strength and power in the legs, arms and back muscles. By increasing mobility and awareness of the spine backbends can help to alleviate some kinds of back and neck pain. There’s a planty of backbends variations! You can choose from super gentle and easy to advanced and crazy as per body’s boundaries, understand them, relate them. If you feel more stiffness in back, shoulders and hips or not comfortable with backbends, these difficulties is solved by different props like yoga wheel, stability ball and wall.
