After a bout of house cleaning - which involved lots of spinal flexion, this was just perfect. Such divine release! And it also gave me lots of sequencing ideas to play with for my Tuesday flow class...! Thanks, Rosemary!

That's wonderful to hear, Kate ! House cleaning can sure takes it's toll on the body. I'm happy this flow helped. Enjoy!

I loved this practice. It was easy to adapt and have fun with camel variations. I had the urge to dance my arms today. And I so love what you said about not being a fan of core work for the sake of it, but doing core work in order to support back bends and mobility.

So glad you enjoyed it, Ali ! I believe in core work for a greater energetic purpose. Otherwise, it just feels like no fun at all. ; ) Love that you danced your arms... finding creativity/ intuitive movement is so valuable these days. Be well.

This was so nice. I feel relaxed, but strong! I am wondering if there is a knack to being able to relax my neck when we are in the back bends. Rosemary, you give such great guidance, I hope you have time to respond. Thank you for another wonderful practice!

Thank you, Leslie C ! I love "relaxed but strong." I'm curious about relaxing your neck. If you are working with urdhva dhanurasana, ideally your neck is completely relaxed. Perhaps a level of unease or even fear that prevents the letting go? The gaze is all turned upside down here as well, of course... so sometimes, we grip thru the neck in an effort to establish some control. I suggest going gently with yourself and gradually easing into releasing the weight of the head completely. As for ustrasana, some students prefer keeping their head somewhat lifted which is absolutely okay. A full release of the head in camel can be too intense for the neck depending on the structure of the body/ relationship between the head dropping back and location of the shoulders. Again, go gently and experiment. And feel free to reach out as you explore more! 

Hi, Rosemary! The abdominal work was a bit hard for me today- I did it with pauses and the rest of the practice was really great! Thanks and kind regards!

Good for you for working through it, Sandra Židan ! Kind regards to you as well. 

Chill beginning almost put me into a nap, but I see how that was integral in getting me deeper into camel. The calf hold stretched me so that regular camel felt much easier. Hard to come out of Shavasana, but feel all sparkly a few hours later. A sense of equanimity.