Frontbending Basics: Deeper Folds & External Rotations towards Leg Behind

Hi everyone! Thanks for your interest in this ~75minute long Frontbending session.

Wait, what the hell is Frontbending?

Well, as the name suggests, it is basically bending, but not backwards as in “Backbending” but to the front.

But isn’t that just Forward Folding?

Yes and no. Folding is one of many themes in Frontbending. So we not only fold forward, but we also use our hips, knees and our ancles. Even our shoulders and our spine. And the spine not only in a flexion but also in an extension! The reason why we call it *Front*-bending, is, because usually all of those things can theoretically be combined with folding. Or at least the tendency is to go the front and not to the back. Have you ever seen a person with her leg behind the head? Yes? Well the leg behind game is almost a more significant signature of Frontbending than mere Folding.

But no worries! For this session you don’t have to be able to bring your leg behind. Quite on the contrary, in this session we will try to safely but progressively work towards deeper folds on the one hand and deeper external rotations on the other hand. So the road we take will be the road towards leg behinds, without leg behinds being necessarily part of the session themselves.

That being said, I think that a little bit of experience with yoga or stretching would be helpful to get the most out of this class 🙂

Now, without further ado, let’s gooo🔥

Length: 75 Minutes
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Prerequisites: A little bit of experience with yoga or stretching. In particular with forwards folds and hip opening
Categories: Beginner, Intermediate, Contortion