Backbend on elbows advanced

Accessories

  • Yoga Mat

Instructions

  • From seated position, roll back onto spine, bend knees, place feet close to hips.
  • Take your arms back placing the hands on the ground beside the ears and the fingers facing the shoulders.
  • Your hands must be flat and stable on the ground in order to continue.
  • If stable; push up hips and place your head back on the ground.
  • Bend and place your elbows one at a time beside the ears.
  • Wrap the fingers together behind the head.
  • Push down with the elbows and lift head off the ground, shifting your chest forward.
  • To release, roll out placing your head and hips back onto the ground.
  • Roll off to the side and come back to seated position.