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Watch B.2.3 The Spine: Section by Section

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B.2.3 The Spine: Section by Section

Yoga Teacher Training Material - Spring 2019 • 17m

Covered in 2.3:

What the lumbar vertebrae are good at (and not so good at)
Why the lumbar vertebrae are better at extension than the thoracic vertebrae
What’s special about T6, T11 and T12
Why the thoracic vertebrae work best as a team
Atlas and axis and why they’re unique
Inversions and the cervical spine
Rotation and extension in the cervical spine (and the danger in twisting)

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