Slow Flow: 5 Tips for a Lifelong Wheel Pose Practice
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Backbends might seem like they’re made for young, bendy bodies, but in this video Cyndi Lee will teach you how approaching Wheel Pose with a new kind of precision can make it more sustainable. You’ll learn injury-preventing tips on pelvic tilt, hand positioning, and coming into and out of the pose. Once you’ve mastered all those, you can also try her next-level trick for even more shoulder opening in the posture. Plenty here to keep us all busy practicing Wheel for a long while!