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Upper Back

How can I make my upper back flexible?

I am very flexible, except my upper back. It is ruining my ability to nice rear axles, the position of king cobra in yoga, and bring me from crushing my right leg behind me. What extends would you recommend? I do stretches back, but I feel as if they are not doing enough.

Whenever you have no backbend poses, be very aware not to rely on all of the turn to come in the form of the lumbar spine (lower back) vertebrae. Practice being aware of, and development of turn, in the thorax (rib cage) vertebrae. A good way to develop this awareness is to practice Camel pose (Ustrasana) with the front of the body (knees to the face) right against a wall. Relax into the pose slowly, lifting the heart / chest and roll your shoulders to the back, trying to keep as many of your stomach firmly against the wall for as long as possible as you slowly go further for installation. In this way, you start at the back elbow in the upper back as much as possible. My teacher load by using a mix of Iyengar and Anusara styles. I found concepts Anusara loop shoulder kidney loop / very useful to ask Camel. Namaste, dwb

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