As I mentioned in the last instalment of this series, I recently "put my back in" through the use of a yoga posture. That posture is the Supine Spinal Twist, which is Supta Matsyendrasana (Reclining Lord of the Fish Pose) in Sanskrit. It's a wonderful asana (pose, posture, seat), with many benefits. I've used it many times times for restoring a back that I had "thrown out."
The following illustrations are from 2/16/2006, which is sixteen, almost seventeen years ago. In addition to illustrating the asana, they serve as a retro reference point for this Aging Project series.
Text, images, and video © 2022 by Donald C. Traxler.
