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Flow Into Deep Backbends

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Vinyasa Flow Advanced

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Dylan Werner

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Published on January 19, 2015

Backbends are progressive and it takes time to prepare the body to go into the deeper backbends. This class will bring you through a series of postures to open the back, shoulders, hip flexors and psoas so that we can safely get into some of the deeper heart openers. Who's ready?

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