01/05/2026
Urdhva Dhanurasana over the back of chair. Working with different backbending asana this week.
"For a yogi, backbends are meant to invert the mind, to observe and to feelโfirst the back, then the consciousness and the very seer. Through the practice of backbends, by using the senses of perception to look back, and drawing the mind to the back portion of the body, one day meditation comes naturally.
In other poses, the attention on the back is not given to such an extent and the mind moves outside. Backbends have principles of their own and learning the workings of the mind and intelligence in backbends naturally leads one towards the real aspects of life and the higher aspects of yoga." B.K.S. Iyengar