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Headstands and Backbends

Backbend Courtney Bell Yoga Urdvha Dhanurasna Back Bend Pose

It wasn’t too long ago when I made a post on Instagram about how back bending postures were NOT my favorite thing to do. Well, to be fair I guess it was a little while ago – Spring 2017. I remember because I was pretty grumpy about how I was resisting the heart opening poses that I used to do so exuberantly.

 

Well, that changed!

Do you know what helped me make the shift?

I’ll give you a hint….

It wasn’t forcing myself into doing backbends.

It was standing on my head. 

 

Headstands have some miraculous benefits, including but not limited to:

  1. Strengthening the entirety of my backbone
  2. Stabilizing my breath from the depth of my lungs
  3. Aligning my wing bones and rib cage
  4. Stimulating a calm flow of focus through my body
  5. Balancing my blood pressure
  6. Regulating my adrenal gland functions
  7. Unwinding any gut tension
  8. Perking up the energy in my feet
  9. Circulating fresh energy around my heart
  10. Establishing qualities of ease and self-confidence

 

With all of the above benefits from developing my Headstand practice, I naturally began flowing into my Backbend practice again.

And it feels so good.

There’s nothing like the cohabitation of courage and peace that emerges within Backbends. My latest Instagram posts are dedicated to pathway of periodic Headstands into heart opening Back Bends. Check them out!

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  1. Haleysaucy July 17, 2018 Reply

    Hi! My name is Haley, I just wanted to let you know that I found your videos on YouTube a few years ago, and loved them. recently I’ve been pretty down, but I started watching your videos again and I just love it. And I love you, simply inspiring, amazing, and beautiful. Thank you love <3

    • Courtney Bell July 31, 2018

      Hi Haley! Lovely <3 love! Thank you writing! I'm glad you've been watching the Youtube videos and hope you're feeling in better spirits. I was just talking yesterday about how I've been going through a period of major stress and feel like my life is on a rollercoaster! Yoga definitely helps, and so does writing and creating/working on projects. If you want to follow along with the yoga videos I'm currently making, I have an instagram account and a patreon page 🙂
      IG- courtneyseabell
      Patreon.com/courtneybell
      Namaste <3

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