Yoga For The Upper Back
This six-part course features yoga poses that will help to strengthen and improve mobility in your thoracic spine.
Classes Available
Intermediate
Yoga For The Upper Back – Weekly Intermediate Class 201
50 MinFocus
Yoga poses for your upper back. This class will help to improve mobility in your thoracic spine and correct poor postural habits. It will be ideal for people practicing with restricted movement or discomfort in the upper back. It will...
Key Poses
Matsyasana, purvottanasana..
Equipment
Mat, chair, bolster, blanket, 2 blocks, belt.
Intermediate
Upper Back, Neck & Shoulders – Weekly Intermediate Class 219
50 MinFocus
Yoga for the upper back and shoulders. This week we are focusing on the neck and the regions of the body that surround it. The upper back and shoulders are key areas when working to improve the health of your...
Key Poses
Parighasana, parivrtta trikonasana, parivrtta ardha chandrasana.
Equipment
Mat, chair, blanket, 2 blocks.
Intermediate
Yoga For The Upper Back – Weekly Intermediate Class 226
50 MinFocus
Yoga for the upper back. Many people suffer from an excessive forward curvature of the thoracic spine leading towards rounding or hunching in the upper back. Poor postural habits, sedentary lifestyle and prolonged periods sitting in front of computers can...
Key Poses
Salabhasa, dhanurasana, ustrasana, chatushpadasana.
Equipment
Mat, bolster, 2 blocks, belt, blanket.
Intermediate
Yoga Poses For Better Posture – Weekly Intermediate Class 256
45 MinFocus
Yoga poses for better posture. Yoga to promote good posture. This class focuses on asanas that will help to alleviate rounded shoulders, collapsed chest, kyphosis, and forward head. To varying degrees these are afflictions that are encountered by many people...
Key Poses
Urdhva mukha svanasana, purvottanasana, ustrasana, chatushpadasana.
Equipment
Mat, chair, 2 blocks, bolster, 2 blankets.
Intermediate
Intermediate Backbends – Weekly Intermediate Class 279
45 MinFocus
Backbends: the basics. This class guides you through some basic preparatory backbends like salabhasana, dhanurasana, urdhva mukha svanasana and ustrasana. It then explores chair backbends from the perspective of someone who is still consolidating the fundamentals of poses like viparita...
Key Poses
Urdhva mukha svanasana, ustrasana, viparita dandasana.
Equipment
Mat, chair, bolster, 2 blocks, 2 blankets.
Intermediate
Gentle Upper Back Opening – Weekly Intermediate Class 291
55 MinFocus
Yoga for your upper back. This class features yoga poses that give a gentle opening to the thoracic spine and shoulders. With people spending longer periods of time sitting at desks and working on computers, stiffness in these areas is...
Key Poses
Purvottanasana, urdhva mukha svanasana, ustrasana, viparita dandasana.
Equipment
Mat, chair, 2 blankets, 2 blocks.
Course Overview
Description
Yoga for your upper back. This six-part course 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 restorative 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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