A New Insight on Bending Backwards - Yoga Workshop with Vicky Tomsky

For many of us, backbends are viewed as advanced poses, something inaccessible, as only for flexible people, and therefore many yoga practitioners shy away from them. I often hear from different students that "they got injured from deep backbends", "My back always hurts when I try this pose", or ‘’I used to practice backbends when I was younger/before pregnancy, but now it scares me’’ etc…

Most of the time we have a misleading idea about what creates the backbend, what preparations/warm up we should have, and what will be the most effective way to unwind the body at the end of its practice.

During our workshop, we will break the myths that exist in the eyes of many who believe that if it is not possible to create a perfect Urdhva Dhanurasana (bridge pose) like on the cover of the magazine, then it is not worth the effort.

I have…