{"id":357,"date":"2018-03-14T16:18:38","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T16:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writeonyoga.com\/blog\/?p=357"},"modified":"2018-03-14T16:21:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T16:21:17","slug":"bend-over-backward-for-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writeonyoga.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/14\/bend-over-backward-for-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"BEND OVER BACKWARD for yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-358 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/writeonyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/072Shelley-Beach-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"072Shelley Beach\" width=\"119\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writeonyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/072Shelley-Beach-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/writeonyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/072Shelley-Beach-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writeonyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/072Shelley-Beach-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 119px) 100vw, 119px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Make space within yourself to breathe deeper as you inhale and exhale.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Clear out accumulated burdens causing sadness, worry, fear, and anger.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Open your heart, open your chest and EXHALE to allow for the fullness and ease of your next INHALATION!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Backbends make us happy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>When sadness and deep grief\u00a0carve out a home in\u00a0our body our posture reflects\u00a0the expression of sustained sadness by slumping the chest and rounding the shoulders.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This posture\u00a0creates shallow breathing which creates a physical catch 22.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We don\u2019t breathe deep, our body stays tight, our body stays tight so we can\u2019t breathe fully. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The pressure of life causes our body to bow down to the weight of accumulated burdens Our shoulders fold in while our chest closes in reflecting a symbolic response to \u201cLeave me alone!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">On a superficial observation, We age ourselves from poor posture.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Hunched back, closed chest,\u00a0associated with an aging body, and an aging mind.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>With backbends,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>we continue to clear out accumulations and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>renewing our spirit\u00a0keeping our body open and flexible. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Bending over backwards for yourself will trickle down a happy attitude pouring over<br \/>\nhappiness to others.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make space within yourself to breathe deeper as you inhale and exhale.\u00a0 Clear out accumulated burdens causing sadness, worry, fear, and anger.\u00a0 Open your heart, open your chest and EXHALE to allow for the fullness and ease of your next INHALATION! Backbends make us happy.\u00a0 When sadness and deep grief\u00a0carve out a home in\u00a0our body our posture reflects\u00a0the expression of&hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/writeonyoga.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/14\/bend-over-backward-for-yourself\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[46,1],"tags":[51,18],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writeonyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writeonyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writeonyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writeonyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writeonyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/writeonyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":361,"href":"https:\/\/writeonyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions\/361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writeonyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writeonyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writeonyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}