[
UK
/bˈækbənd/
]
NOUN
- an acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor
How To Use backbend In A Sentence
- Inhale and lift your right arm up, reaching back and moving your spine into a mild backbend.
- Some popped right into the backbend wheel, while others embraced leaping up and down, ribbiting like frogs.
- This classic yoga backbend strengthens the muscles that extend along your entire spine and increases spine mobility.
- At the institute, he does his yoga practice - quiet forward bends, rock-steady headstands, precise backbends - in full view of the students.
- I spent most of the weekend in some seriously sweaty backbends at a yoga workshop atop the beautiful Puck building in Soho, which allowed me, in between sessions, to take in some of what remains of the art scene down there.
- Avoid all backbends, twists, and inversions.
- You can lift your chest to make a slight backbend.
- Finally, again push your hands and also your feet into the floor bringing your body into a backbend, lifting from the floor up.
- Her physicality, however, is consistently breathtaking: extraordinary backbends and jumps were never just isolated effects.
- My guru has said backbends are good for blood circulation in the aorta.