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Backbends: Focus On Shoulder Extension

Activate Your Flexibility • 41m

This class focuses on warm ups for backbends in which the arms are behind you in extension. Main poses covered are bow, dancer, camel, bridge and single-leg bridge. You'll need two blocks. You might also need a strap and a blanket to modify.

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