How to Open your Upper Back in Yoga with Kino

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If you’re looking for yoga videos that will show you the perfect way for you to start your yoga journey then Kino MacGregor’s yoga channel is perfect for you! Whether you are new to yoga or an advanced yoga student you will find a full yoga library with all the yoga postures that you need to develop a complete yoga practice. Yoga is more than just a physical practice yoga is a lifestyle that includes living a peaceful life. Living the yoga lifestyle is about yoga practice, inner peace, yoga diet and being a good person on and off your yoga mat. Kino is a yoga teacher, author of three books, international teacher, writer, blogger, online yoga class teacher, IG yoga challenge host and much more. She co-founded Miami Life Center and Miami Yoga Magazine as well as produced six Ashtanga Yoga DVDs. Practice yoga, change your world one breath at a time. Kino believes that yoga is a vehicle for each student to experience the limitless potential of the human spirit. You don’t have to be strong or flexible to begin the yoga practice, all you need is an open heart and the inspiration to practice yoga. Unroll your mat and do the practice!
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[@amylollis4188]

Holy Yoga! I've been wondering how to get into this pose, I took a class once where it was taught to come down from full bridge onto the forearms. I didn't have the strength/flexibility to do that then, and still don't, but wanted the opening that it brings. This life-changing. Thank you!!!!!

[@abdollahvakily5801]

Thank you for sharing this video. I have been looking for something like this to help me with my chest.

[@ajitm3658]

Thanks Kino for such great yoga postures

[@lollipop2741]

SUPER HELPFUL! Thank you so much!!!!

[@shavaahmedov6786]

Kino, you are one of the best yogis, your videos are contributing a lot to my improvement in my practice, thnx a lot for sharing, sister))

[@cherylmuradas7711]

Thank you Kino! Excellent tips for opening up the shoulders in backbend.

[@tonyharkeness641]

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[@BitterTofu]

Very original and interesting! THANK YOU!

[@mitochondria325]

Hi Kino! Thank you so much for your wonderful videos and for all of the new Cody app programs

[@prana76]

Kino Thanks for sharing your KZbin videos. I am very confident now with the technique I am learning with you. This is a pose I couldn't imagine to do it before and after this video and 4 days practice I did it!

[@KinoYoga]

Congrats! Keep practicing :)

[@alktriofiendclub]

Thank you, great video!

[@dholtman5977]

Great progression... thanks for sharing....

[@jhazarayang]

Hi Kino I've been following your video to improve myself and It does shows the improvement!! Can you show more about opening the upper back video? Thank you

[@elielias1402]

u r amazing I need 10 years to do this .

[@fergusb]

Awesome stuff, thanks

[@mainabardaloi864]

Hard Work Good Work. ThAnks Kino

[@tijanac]

I never knew I can do the forearm on the ground in wheel pose, until this video. Thanks for offering such a great and easy to understand explanations of the poses. I still cannot straighten my legs but now thats the matter of time and practice I think :) Namaste

[@KinoYoga]

Keep practicing :)

[@juanguentenguea.gonzalez737]

Thanks for you tutorial

[@carlovancaramel9734]

THAT WAS INCREDIBLE! I pulled my hair, so that hurt, ow, but the over all feel was amazing!

[@carlovancaramel9734]

KINO! I DID IT!!! FINALLY! Before it was essentially me going into this pose and walking backwards as I would keep slipping. I got out my old yoga mat, and wow that made a difference! I felt a good stretch, and wasn't frantically scrambling to maintain the position!!!!

[@ingridcolonna822]

Hi Kino, first of all I wanted to say thank you for all your amazing videos. Your journey as a yogi is very inspiring and your videos very well done. When I try to do the weel, I feel a pinch in my lower/middle back; I have problems putting my weight on top of my wrists and I feel my lower/middle back pinching; I guess it is because my upper back is not flexible enough? I thought I should practice you shoulder stretching videos. Is the upper exercise also approriate or should I avoid trying it? Thank you so much for your help, Ingrid

[@theonevanessa]

thank you!

[@johark9267]

Ur Videos teach me most ..... I 😍 you

[@ajitm3658]

This video is ultimate

[@augustofaustinodecastro5492]

Sua capacidade tem credibilidade!

[@cbs1730]

would love to see a yoga video for kids made by you Kino! Mary

[@survivor-tl7sr]

thank you

[@katangel8329]

Hey Kino, hope you get to read this. My vestibular system reacts violently with each ''weird'' positional change of my head, for example Matsyasana or backbends. No probs in headstands,though. As soon as my head moves towards the back, my ears start buzzing,or sometimes I get the sensation of ''ear pop'', and after that comes vertigo. The first few times this happened,it scared the daylight out of me and I came out of it quickly, but as the time goes by and I'm prepared what to expect, I'll stick up with it until it goes away ( it would last about 5-6 loooong seconds). Now, it's not the sensible thing to do- I know that. My body is letting me know that isn't happy with my head going into strange positions- I know that too! However, I don't like the thought of having to give up on the practice of certain asanas and living with a limitation. I'll push through it, that's the way I am. I was just interested what you have to say in a respect, or how would you address the situation. Is there a subtle way to get my inner ear accustomed to my head going to strange places? Have you ever known or heard about other yogis dealing with the same problem? Gratefully, big hug to your tiny, strong and inspiring persona

[@vidiavogel5187]

very smart person

[@MrVivek0212]

I almost died in the first one minute. Need to look for beginner videos

[@sribalajitourist4215]

Super ji

[@AkashTiwari36]

Hi Kino Tell me what is the benifits of doing this yoga and is there any wreck or harm of doing this????? At the first time is there any pain at the lower back bcz i feel a bit pain at my lower back.

[@lilbit759]

Do you do any streches before you practice or do you do poses to get your body open enough for practice

[@mayanguyen6460]

Hi Kino, I'm currently working actively to open up my upper back as I have hyperlax lower vertebrae and I always tend to dump all the work into my lower back. I am dealing with a lot of stiffness in my shoulder (dislocation several years ago and upper back paralysis several years prior) so I can't actually get my shoulder back by my head like you did at 1:17. Can you suggest any stretch that would help me work on this issue?

[@marllymarlly2267]

I feel pain in my lower back every time I tried .. do I have to keep going please I need to know

[@gavinsmith3409]

Hi kino! I've been working on opening my Thoracic spine a lot and when I do the exercise in your video I feel a lot of discomfort in my left shoulder. It isn't necessarily painful but it feels very uncomfortable and intense, like a lot of pressure. I can sometimes feel this discomfort in downward facing dog but I can minimize it by really focusing on externally rotating my arms and adducting but it's still there. Do you have any advice or thoughts? Thank you!!

[@mlghai8173]

ऋअः

[@bowtosun_btsyoga]

But i cant move my hands inside.. How to move further then?

[@gionnipitroso]

Great Kino!

[@anhhai9382]

mklnh xac xi

[@anhhai9382]

+Anh Hai nguoi mau xac xi mot tram phan tram

[@paulgrimm7842]

I just pulled a back muscle watching her

[@rachelmahoney1597]

Hey I love your videos and your Instagram. I am trying to gain more flexibility in shoulders however when I follow this video I cannot make my elbows touch the floor. Is this normal when you are first starting?

[@mikazal9816]

I have the same problem my left elbow cannot touch the floor and my head slaiding on mat ;)

[@odnalro40]

Kino, question: Do you know of anyone who is more advanced in Yoga as you are? Just wondering

[@inndia]

Is this for beginnings R ?

[@ArkOmen1]

God bless America

[@steveguzman6141]

and God bless this woman lol ;)

[@yunchon4674]

Hi Kino. I am a dentist with much neck and upper back tightness and slight frontal head syndrome. Any suggestion on streteches and exercises and poses? Thank you.

[@KinoYoga]

+Yun Chon Poses like this backbend and others that relieve shoulders, neck and upper back tension would be good for you. But start off with the basics and build up over time.

[@Pawankumar-te3uu]

Hi kino, U are a Awsone Yoga teacher nd I pray to God, U are all life happyness.

[@Edysienio]

Hi Kino, When I do this exercise I feel a lot of discomfort in my left shoulder, an intense pressure. I can sometimes feel same discomfort in downward facing dog when externally rotating my arms. I do many exercises to open shoulders, but it is still there. Do you have any advice ? Regards!

[@KinoYoga]

Edyta SZATAŁOWICZ Check out some of my other videos on basic shoulder openers, that will help you. Next be sure that you're externally rotating the shoulder and keep the elbows in line with the deltoids.

[@mollyshephard8915]

Hi! When I do this I can feel a lot of stretching in my lower back, but still nothing in my upper back. Should I feel the release I feel in my lower back in my upper or will it be a different experience? Thank you!

[@KinoYoga]

Molly Shephard Take your chest out over your hands and move your feet further away from your head/elbows. That should help.

[@carlovancaramel9734]

Kino, I'm feeling it mostly in my back...Not pain, but should I be feeling a stretch in my shoulders?

[@KinoYoga]

Be careful not to feel any compression in your back, but engaging the back muscles is ok

[@bcheech267]

Hi Kino! I am finding that I am not able to roll to the top of my head without moving my lower body and legs. I am assuming this is because I am not yet flexible enough, but what other poses could I do to help train to accomplish this?

[@KinoYoga]

Becky C That's very common and is usually a reflection of a lack of flexibility somewhere, either in the hips or the back. Don't push, make the adjustments that you need. And Keep practicing :)

[@muriellecapa9988]

Hi Kino, thanks for all the videos, reaaally helpfull ! I have kind of the same problem as Becky, I can't do it without moving my legs and I feel pain in my knee. Should I continu practicing this posture to open the upper back or try other ones ?

[@chiqua5]

I felt the stretch in my mid/lower back! What did I do wrong?

[@KinoYoga]

Send the chest over the elbows and move the legs further out.

[@thearvindraja]

Isn't this the beginner's method to go into Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana?

[@KinoYoga]

It could be :)

[@user-ev3bk6lc7c]

وين بيتكم

[@dorothymesser671]

you just ficed my coputer hunch! and you took a pose I didnt think I could do and made it doable great directons I am no subscribed! Hillary

[@ceciliaperalta4570]

Bueno aquí yo rubia a full con la gimnasia del cirque du Soleil

[@jasadin]

One day I wonder if there will be a 💊 that will make you that flexible ?haha

[@fatimohjinadu8769]

you will need repetitious upward and down ward warm to get into this pose.camel pose or bridge pose will get you into wheel pose.

[@alexpaczkowski2213]

That's not a backbend

[@shelbymacgregor2244]

my last name is macGregor

[@maricastef]

[@NeoMororo]

Totally safe , my ass !!

[@jedd4838]

Back bends make me feel sick.

[@KinoYoga]

That's alright, keep breathing.

[@user-ms8tt3hg7m]

Роскошное тело, я бы сказал не йога, а фитнесистки

[@artofhappiermothering2730]

Is that suppose to be easy? 🤣