Backbend

Anahatasana - Heart Chakra Pose

ALIGNMENT

From all fours, hips stacked over knees, shoulders stacked over wrists

Walk your hands forward and lower your chest towards the ground, rest your forehead on the ground, hips stay stacked over knees

Stretch your arms forward, reach your hips back, press your hands into the ground with elbows lifted and reach the chest towards the ground, gaze down

Ardha Pincha Mayurasana - Dolphin

ALIGNMENT

From kneeling, place your forearms parallel on the ground, shoulder width apart. Root down through your forearms and lengthen up to your shoulders, broaden your collarbones

Gaze between your forearms, walk your feet in towards your arms to bring your shoulders directly over your elbows

Press down into your feet and firm your legs, back of the neck long, gaze forward

Anjaneyasana B - Low Lunge B

ALIGNMENT

From Uttanasana, inhale, step your left foot to the back of the mat, lower your left knee to the ground, back leg firm

Hug your outer hips to the midline, exhale here

Inhale, reach your arm up high along your ears

Draw your navel towards your spine, broaden through the collarbones

Lengthen up through your spine to the tip of your crown, gaze forward or to your fingertips

Ashta Chandrasana B - Eight Crescent Moon B

ALIGNMENT

From Adho Mukha Svanasana, inhale, step your right foot between your hands, exhale here

Inhale, press into your feet to come up, reach your arms up high, shoulder width apart or palms together. Stack your front knee over your front ankle 

Press out through your left heel, firm your back leg, hug your outer hips to the midline

Broaden through your collarbones, lengthen up through your spine to the tip of your crown, gaze forward or to
your fingertips