I call this Therapeutic Backbends. Backbends are essential for the health of the spine. But when we talk about the lower back, how we do them really matters. Most people try to go higher by squeezing the butt. When that happens, the natural curve of the lower back flattens. And then we are not really in a backbend anymore. The lower back is no longer participating. The lower back needs backbends. Our discs spend most of the day under forward pressure from sitting, leaning, and rounding. Gentle,