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Camel & Rabbit: Front-Body Opening + Spinal Compression/Release

4 mins

This class explores one of the most powerful pairing sequences in floor yoga: Camel and Rabbit. Camel opens the entire front body — chest, diaphragm, hip flexors, and throat — while Rabbit offers the counter-shape that rounds and decompresses the spine. Together, they create a perfect balance of extension and flexion. You’ll learn how to cue each pose with clarity, how to protect the neck and lower back, and how to guide students toward energetic awareness instead of relying on physical demonstration. These postures are rarely taught with precision in Vinyasa classes, yet they deliver profound physical and emotional benefits when sequenced and instructed intelligently. This lesson gives you the tools to teach both poses safely, confidently, and with the deeper purpose behind the sequence.