1. Meet the Marinelli Bend position, a backbend supported only by an oral grip at the top of a short post that is bit and held in the mouth for the entire duration of the hold.

2. The picture to the right is her backbend after one year.

3. Again backbend into alignment as you inhale, and twist deeper as you exhale.

4. Again backbend as you inhale , and as you exhale.

5. This asana creates a slight backbend in your upper torso.

6. Whether opening the chest in a supported backbend, the side rib cage in a twist, or the thoracic spine and rib cage in Child's Pose, talk to yourself or to your students about breath patterns.

7. A good backbend practice will leave your body and mind feeling grounded, clear, and content.http:///backbend.html

8. The dancer La Golondrina is caught by Inge Morath in a dramatic backbend on the floor; I have yet to see any flamenco dancer try this in performance.

9. When you feel yourself closed to someone or to some experience, a backbend will open your chest as well as your heart.

10. A good number of Mr Jois’s students seemed constantly to be limping around with injured knees or backs because they had received his “adjustments”, yanking them into Lotus, the splits or a backbend.

11. To open the chest and abdomen, a wonderful position is a gentle and supported backbend .

12. And the first step is to stop coveting thy neighbor's backbend ...