Locust pose is a mild backbend with many benefits:

• Strengthens the upper and lower back, arms and legs
• Stretches the chest, shoulders and abdominals
• Prepares the body for deeper back bending
• Improves posture

Wild Thing Pose is a fun and invigorating pose with many benefits:

• Stretches the chest, shoulders and throat
• Opens the hips and hip flexors
• Stretches and strengthens the back
• Energizes the body and mind

Often used in Yin style classes, Sphinx pose is a gentle backbend with many benefits:

• Stretches and lengthens the spine
• Stretches the chest, lungs, shoulders and abdomen
• Firms the buttocks
• Helps relieves stress
• Calms the mind

The Cat Pose is a flowing yoga posture that generates an array of nourishing benefits.  The Cat Pose:

• Increases the mobility of your verterbrae.
• Releases tension in your cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine.
• Strengthens and tones your arms and abdominal muscles.
• Stretches your back muscles and abdominal muscles as well as your neck.
• Increases circulation of the spinal fluid and massages your digestive organs.
• Teaches correct pelvic movements for forwards bends and back bends.

Fish Pose is a classic back arching yoga posture that traditionally follows Shoulder Stand Pose.  Fish Pose:

• Opens your pectoralis muscles of your chest, the intercostal muscles between your ribs, and upper portion of psoas muscles in your hips.
• Improves the quality of your breath by opening the accessory muscles of breathing.
• Opens muscles in your abdomen and in the front of your neck.
• Relieves thoracic and mid back spinal tension.
• Strengthens musculature in your back and neck.
• Traditionally thought to sitmulate organs in the abdomen and throat.

Cobra Pose is a classic backarching yoga posture that offers numerous benefits.  The Cobra Pose:

• Strengthens your back muscles and arms.
• Increases the flexibility of your spine.
• Stretches your chest, shoulders, lungs, and abdomen.
• Stretches and massages your internal organs.
• Firms your buttocks.

Upward Facing Dog Pose is a classic backarching yoga posture that offers numerous benefits.  The Upward Facing Dog:

• Expands your chest and shoulders.
• Strengthens the muscles that control your shoulder blades.
• Stretches your hip flexors and core musculature.
• Strengthens your low back musculature.
• Relieves some forms of low back pain.
• Therapeutic for asthma sufferers as it opens your accessory muscles of breathing.

Camel Pose is an energizing and engaging posture that generates an array of nourishing benefits.  Camel Pose:

• Stretches your neck, chest, abdomen, thighs, hip flexors (psoas), groins, and ankles.
• Strengthens your back muscles, gluteal muscles, and arm muscles (triceps).
• Massages and stimulates your organs and chakras of the abdomen.

The Spinal Lift Pose, also know as a variation of the Bridge Pose, delivers a wealth of health benefits.  The Spinal Lift Pose:

• Streches your chest, neck, spine and hips.
• Strengthens your back, buttocks, and hamstring muscles.
• Calms your brain and central nervous system which helps alleviate stress and mild depression.
• Massages abdominal organs and improves digestion.
• Stimulates the lungs and thyroid glands and helps relieve the symptoms of menopause.
• Reduces anxiety, backache, headache and insomnia.

Bow Yoga Pose is a classic yoga back bend offering great expansion throughout the chest, shoulders and hips.  With many variations to perform, Dhanurasana can be performed at many levels in either full 2 legged hold or single.

Upward Bow or Full Wheel Pose is a classic back ben yoga pose that provides a wealth of health benefits.  The Full Wheel Pose:

• Expands your chest and shoulders.
• Stretches you hip flexors and core musculature.
• Stretches your wrist flexor muscles.
• Strengthens the muscles that control your shoulder blades.