When we practice backbends in yoga, we tend to let the name trick us into thinking that we should only bend our lower back. I often see students approach Upward-Facing Dog Pose trying to increase the ...

There’s one type of yoga pose that typically elicits more questions than answers when it’s cued in class—and that’s any type of backbend.

Cat and Cow. Shoulderstand and Fish Pose. Forward folds and backbends. What do these pairs of postures have in common? They’re all considered counterposes in yoga. Counterposes ask your body to come ...