Bendy Upper Body

Cultivating a bendy upper body starts with releasing the deep-seated tension that accumulates in our daily lives. Lauren Lewis guides you through an intermediate vinyasa flow designed to safely expand your range of motion.

Modern life often keeps us hunched forward, closing off the front body and restricting our natural breathing patterns. This upper body yoga flow focuses on creating space in the chest and shoulders, preparing your physical and energetic body for deeper backbends like wheel or bridge pose. By integrating targeted shoulder mobility exercises and thoracic spine flexibility work, you will learn how to support your alignment with strength and stability. This practice offers a balanced path to physical openness, honoring your body's current limits while gently encouraging new growth.

As a dedicated heart opening yoga practice, this session bridges active engagement with conscious release. Utilizing vinyasa yoga for shoulders and chest, the sequence systematically warms up the major muscle groups of the upper torso. Lauren Lewis guides you through each transition with clear, alignment-focused cues, helping you cultivate a deeper awareness of your breath and posture. Whether you are looking to deepen your backbends or simply seeking effective yoga for upper body flexibility, this class provides the structured progression necessary for a safe and expansive practice. By focusing on the relationship between the thoracic spine and the shoulder girdle, you will discover how to lift and expand without compressing the lower back.

Designed as a Level 2 practice, this class invites you to move mindfully through transitions that challenge your balance and flexibility. Rather than forcing your body into deep backbends, the sequence emphasizes a gradual opening, allowing your muscles to adapt and release naturally. This mindful approach ensures that your journey toward a more supple upper body is both safe and sustainable.

Expand Your Practice

• Prepare for Deep Backbends: Learn a progressive sequence featuring dancer and locust poses, specifically designed to open the heart and shoulders in preparation for wheel or bridge pose.
• Enhance Structural Alignment: Incorporate a yoga block to modify postures, ensuring proper alignment, stability, and support throughout this intermediate vinyasa flow.
• Release Upper Body Tension: Develop greater shoulder mobility and thoracic spine flexibility through targeted, breath-synchronized movements that counteract daily slouching.

Grab your block and step onto your mat to begin your exploration.