NEW! Pose of the Week tutorial video + instructional photos - Parsva Balasana Pose 🧘🏾‍♀️ (Patreon)

Blessings Nude Yogis 🙏🏽

This week's Pose of the Week is 'Parsva Balasana', aka 'Thread the Needle Pose'.

This is a really AMAZING shoulder stretch and has a twisting element. 

Whilst our previous tutorial was a beautiful heart opener (ustrasana - camel pose), today we are going to focus on opening up across the upper back and shoulders. We want our entire upper body to feel relaxed and open to receiving lots of love!

It is a beginner-friendly pose, but if you have trouble getting your shoulder down onto the ground, you can also prop a bolster beneath your forearms in the beginning position so that your shoulders don't have as far to get down. 

Listen to your body and respect where it is at.

Benefits of this pose can include:

• stretches and opens the shoulders, chest, arms, upper back, and neck
• releases the tension held in the upper back and between the shoulder blades
• can help improve spinal flexibility 
• mobilises your upper back
• can be calming

Be sure to have a look through the instructional photos also.

⚠️PLEASE PRACTICE WITH CAUTION/OR AVOID IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:⚠️

• avoid this pose if you have chronic injury to your knees, shoulders, or neck. 
• those with back pain, back injuries, or degenerative disk disease should approach this pose with caution

You will find all the material, including the tutorial video and instructional photos, in our Dropbox folder via the link below (in folder 43)

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kxricohn32rzzti/AADJ98yCh1axAXKx55j76gv6a?dl=0

I have also added the tutorial video to my 'Online Naked Yoga' showcase folder over on Vimeo, via the link below

https://vimeo.com/showcase/6953714

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*this password and Dropbox link will expire at the end of this month (February 2022) and a new password is created at the beginning of each month to ensure that only Patrons with an active membership have access to this exclusive content.

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Enjoy this beautiful shoulder opener and feel the improved range of motion and openness of the shoulders after you practice the pose! 

Namaste,

Jessa

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