Directional movements of the spine and what they are meant to accomplish

FORWARO BENOS
PRIMARY INTENTION:
(] ' TO STRETCH THE STRUCTURES OF THE LUMBO-SACRAL AREA

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SECONOARY INTENTION:
TO STRETCH THE UPPER BACK, SHOULOER GIROLE, ANO NECK
TO STRETCH THE POSTERIOR MUSCLES OF THE LEGS lESP. HAMSTRINGS ANO CALVESJ

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BACK BENOS
PRIMARY INTENTION:
1 TO STRENGTHEN THE MUSCLES OF THE BACK

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TO STRETCH THE ANTERIOR STRUCTURES

C- OF THE SOLAR PLEXUS ANO ABDOMEN

~ , OF THE CHEST ANO SHOULOER GIROLE

(4 ~ OF THE HIPS ANO THIGHS

THE INTENTIONS CAN BE REVERSED BASED ON THE POSTURE

TWISTS
PRIMARY INTENTION:
G~ TO ROTATE THE SPINE
SECONOARY INTENTION:
2 TO REALIGN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SHOULOER GIROLE ANO THE SPINE
~ TO REALIGN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PELVIC GIROLE ANO THE SPINE

LATERAL BENOS
PRIMARY INTENTION:
i TO LATERALLY STRETCH THE TORSO FROM THE SHOULDER TO THE HIP JOINT

SECONDARY INTENTION:
2 "PELVIC OPENING": TO STRETCH ANO STRENGTHEN THE MUSCULATURE OF HIP JOINTS,
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FRONT OF THE PELVIS ANO INNER THIGHS

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PRIMARY INTENTION:
1TO BRING THE SPINE INTO MAXIMUM VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WHILE INTEGRATING
THE SPINAL CURVES
SECONDARY INTENTION:
(f TO STRETCH ANO STRENGTHEN THE MUSCLES THAT BINO THE ARMS TO THE SPINE
( ] J TO STRETCH ANO STRENGTHEN THE MUSCLES THAT BINO THE LEGS TO THE SPINE

BASED ON "YOGA FOR WELLNESS" BY GARY KRAFTSOW

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