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- A backbend is a gymnastics, contortion, dance and ice skating move, where the spine is bent backwards, and catching oneself with the hands. Throughout...
- intended pose might be the sitting Akarna Dhanurasana rather than this backbend. The account of Dhanurasana in the 15th century Hatha Yoga Pradipika is...
- whether balancing is required, or by the effect on the spine (forward bend, backbend, twist), giving a set of asana types agreed by most authors. Mittra uses...
- behind the neck or shoulders with the knees bent (called a human knot). Backbending skills such as touching one's head to one's feet, or all the way to the...
- ballroom position where the first hints of the supported backbend are introduced. The first backbend occurs at the end of a sequence where Astaire sends Rogers...
- The drum major backbend is an elaborate salute performed by drum majors in many American university marching bands. It is executed prior to college football...
- be standing, seated, arm-balances, twists, inversions, forward bends, backbends, or reclining in prone or supine positions. The asanas have been given...
- भुजंगासन), in which the forearms rest on the ground, giving a gentler backbend. It is used in the long holds of Yin Yoga, either with the forearms on...
- the Westernized nickname "Bridge pose" refers to a less rigorous supine backbend called Setu Bandha Sarvangasana, in which the body is fairly straight from...
- ऊर्ध्वधनुरासन, romanized: Ūrdhvadhanurāsana, lit. 'Upward-Facing Bow Pose') is a backbending asana in yoga as exercise. The one-legged variant is often chosen by...