L 3/4 : Backbend Conditioning will include conditioning for fundamental backbends. Class will work to build active mobility and end of range control through isolation exercises and progressions to fundamental backbend shapes.

L 4: Needle Scale/Dancer’s Pose Prep will work to build greater technical understanding, range, comfort, line and ability with these higher level skills within various forms of dance and yoga.

L 5: Wild Pose to Wheel. The transition from Wild Thing, or Dancer’s Bridge, to Wheel is widely used within gymnastics, acro dance, contortion and yoga, but can be tricky without a few pointers. Class will include approaches to build a both a technical understanding of the transition from Wild Thing to Wheel as well as the conditioning that can be modified to support the training process.

L 3: Toes to Head. Join Bronwen for her Weekend Class series! Class will flow through backbending positions standing in the centre, at the wall and on the floor. Up to three levels of intensity will be offered for many of the more complex moves, hoping to make the class suitable to most.

L 2/3: T-Spine. Fish pose, Rib Up’s, Puppy Pose, Chest Stand and Bridge all require significant range through the area of the T-Spine. Class will work to build active thoracic mobility and end of range control through exercises performed on the floor, standing at the barre and in the centre.

L 2: Lunges, Camels, Bows & Bridges will work to build greater technical understanding, range, comfort, line and ability within this essential positions in various forms of dance and yoga. The session includes the fundamentals of splits and backbends.