Back Care #1
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35m
All levels
Props: None
Back pain? Posture issues? Join me for Part One in this back care series. You'll learn the practice of "up and over" which will decompress your hips and lower back and help to relieve back pain. This practice will also help to strengthen your abdominals, strengthen and stretch your spinal muscles.
"Up and over" can and needs to be applied to all movements and physical activity. Once you understand and learn how to practice "up and over" in all of your movements, you can be healing your back everyday, everywhere you go!
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