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Cobra, Camel & Beyond: 3 Game-Changing Cues for Better Backbends May 30, 2025

Let’s talk backbends.

For years, I thought I was doing them “right.” I’d push my hips forward, throw my chest back, and hope for the best. And while that might look like a backbend from the outside, inside? My low back was screaming.

It took time, study, and some major trial and error to learn how...

Tori has been practicing yoga for close to 20 years and has been a full-time yoga teacher for well over a decade. With thousands of hours of yoga education under her belt, she knows all too well how the practice of yoga can transform your life. Beginning as a Bikram Yoga Instructor in 2011, Tori also sought out certifications in Level II Traditional Hatha Yoga and CYoga, among many others. She is a Certified RAD Yoga Mobility Specialist with expertise in self myofascial release techniques and was a USA Yoga Coach, assisting yoga athletes to train for competition. Her superpower is to take a student stuck in "Beginner Yoga Land," and assist them to build into something much more empowering and fun, helping them tap into their limitless possibilities on their yoga mat and in their lives.

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