ASANA LAB | Backbends & Heart Openers
Saturday 7 March | 11:00am–1:00pm
Taught by Clare Lovelace
ASANA LAB is a deep-dive workshop series designed to refine your physical yoga practice through intelligent alignment, embodied awareness, and practical skill-building. Each session focuses on a specific family of postures, offering you the tools to move with more ease, strength, and confidence, while honouring your body’s unique structure and needs.
In this ASANA LAB, we explore backbends and heart-opening postures.
Backbends are not about forcing flexibility or pushing deeper. When practiced skilfully, they build strength, resilience, and spaciousness through the spine, shoulders, hips, and nervous system. They invite us into courage, vulnerability, and an honest relationship with sensation, both physical and emotional.
In this workshop, Clare will guide you through:
How to prepare the body for backbends through intelligent sequencing
Understanding the role of the legs, pelvis, and core in safe spinal extension
Opening the front body without compressing the lower back
Shoulder and thoracic mobility for heart-opening postures
Working skilfully with effort, sensation, and breath
Modifications, prop support, and variations for different bodies
The session will include:
Clear anatomical explanation
Progressive warm-ups and strength-building
Exploration of accessible backbends and deeper options
Time for questions and integration
This workshop is suitable for curious practitioners of all levels, including teachers wanting to refine their understanding of backbending mechanics.
Free for members | $45 non-members
Bookings essential.
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