Yoga For The Upper Back (Advanced)
This five-part course features for experienced students yoga poses that will help to strengthen and improve mobility in your thoracic spine.
Classes Available
Advanced
Backbends For The Thoracic Spine – Weekly Advanced Class 136
40 MinFocus
This weeks class features backbends that target the upper back. Paryankasana is featured in the first section of the class. Blocks are commonly used in this pose to help open the chest and upper back. In addition to blocks this...
Key Poses
Paryankasana, urdhva mukha svanasana, bhujangasana, ustrasana.
Equipment
Mat, chair, 2 blocks, blanket, belt.
Advanced
Yoga For Kyphosis – Weekly Advanced Class 175
65 MinFocus
Yoga to prevent kyphosis. Kyphosis involves an excessive forward curvature of the spine leading towards rounding or hunching in the upper back. Poor postural habits, sedentary lifestyle and prolonged periods sitting in front of computers can make you more susceptible...
Key Poses
Trikonasana, salabhasana, purvottanasana, dwi pada viparita dandasana.
Equipment
Mat, chair, 2 blankets, 2 blocks, belt.
Advanced
Yoga For The Neck, Shoulders and Upper Back – Weekly Advanced Class 228
60 MinFocus
Yoga poses for your neck, shoulders and upper back. Discomfort in your neck can originate from poor postural habits and restricted mobility in your upper back and shoulders. This class will help to free up movement in each of these...
Key Poses
Standing poses with shoulder harness, chair backbends.
Equipment
Mat, chair, bolster, 2 blankets, 2 blocks, 2 belts.
Advanced
Backbends For The Upper Back & Neck – Weekly Advanced Class 242
60 MinFocus
Backbends for your upper back and neck. This sequence will help to: correct rounding in your thoracic spine, relieve discomfort in your neck, and release tension from your shoulders and upper back. Problems associated with your neck and upper back...
Key Poses
Urdhva mukha svanasana, purvottanasana, viparita dandasana.
Equipment
Mat, chair, bolster, blanket, 2 blocks, belt.
Advanced
Unlock Your Upper Back – Weekly Advanced Class 257
40 MinFocus
Unlock your upper back with this class. It features poses that will help to free up movement and unlock stiffness from your thoracic spine. Learn a variety of techniques incorporating blocks and chairs to help you access hard to reach...
Key Poses
Matsyasana (variations), ustrasana, urdhva dhanurasana (variations).
Equipment
Mat, chair, 2 blocks, 2 blankets.
Course Overview
Description
Yoga for your upper back. This five-part course for experienced students features yoga poses that will help to strengthen and improve mobility in your thoracic spine. With people spending longer periods of time sitting at desks and working on computers, stiffness in these areas is becoming increasingly common in today’s world. It can potentially lead towards painful conditions associated with the neck, spine and shoulders and can negatively impact body posture habits and overall energy levels.
Many people suffer from an excessive forward curvature of the thoracic spine leading towards rounding or hunching in the upper back. Poor postural habits and a sedentary lifestyle can make you more susceptible to this condition. People with upper back rounding will often have tight muscles in their chest and weak muscles associated with the thoracic spine. This course features poses that will help to counteract this tendency and improve the health of your upper back.
The poses featured in this course will help to improve mobility and elasticity in the thoracic spine, open your chest and strengthen the muscles in your upper back, encourage an increased range of motion for the shoulders and their related muscles, increase awareness of healthy posture habits, and help to release tension from the trapezius muscle and general shoulder region. The course guides you in ways of ensuring that you are gently working into these areas without forcing. Alternatives and modifications are suggested for people working with more pronounced stiffness in the upper back, neck and shoulders.
Who is this course for?
- people with a stiff or sore upper back
- people with rounding or hunching in the upper back
- people who spend prolonged periods sitting at a desk or in front of a computer
- people with poor postural habits
How will this course help?
The poses featured in this course will help to:
- improve the health of your upper back
- improve mobility and elasticity in the thoracic spine
- open your chest and strengthen the muscles in your upper back
- encourage an increased range of motion for the shoulders and their related muscles
- increase awareness of healthy posture habits
- help to release tension from the trapezius muscle and general shoulder region
What do I get from this course?
- A comprehensive and structured approach to thoracic spine related yoga tailored to fit into your busy schedule
- Essential foundations and key principles clearly communicated to help you go further on your yoga journey
- Step by step tracking of your progression through the course
- Email reminders to help keep you motivated and on track
- Email support from your teacher
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