BACKBEND ALCHEMY WORKSHOP
January 24 Saturday @ 1PM
2HR session
Crack the mechanics behind safe, strong backbends.
Led by Olivia Fleming
Backbend Alchemy explained by Olivia Fleming
Backbends are not about flexibility. They’re about intelligence, strength, and trust in your body. And gradual preparation of the entire body through understanding of the anatomy and regular practice drills.
In this workshop, Olivia will break down backbends step by step, building the strength and stability that allow real opening to happen without compression or fear.
Expect smart preparation, progressive sequences, and focused work on shoulders, hips, and spinal support. You’ll explore a range of backbends from foundational to more advanced with options that meet you where you are and challenge you to go further safely.
Leave feeling powerful, open, and confident in your backbending practice with tools you can use for years, not just one day.
UNIQUE EVENT FOR EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES THEY CANNOT BACKBEND
Backbends are often misunderstood as “advanced” or purely flexible poses. In reality, they are a foundational movement pattern that supports spinal health, breathing, organ function, and emotional resilience at any age and in any training style.
In this workshop, we’ll explore backbends as a practice of longevity, not performance. Through intelligent preparation and progressive sequencing, you’ll build the strength and stability that allow the spine to extend safely and sustainably without compression, strain, or fear.
We’ll focus on:
spinal integrity and disc health
healthy shoulder and hip extension
breath capacity and rib cage mobility
nervous system balance and energy
You’ll work with a range of backbends from accessible foundational shapes to deeper expressions with clear options for different bodies, ages, and levels of experience. Whether you practice yoga, strength training, endurance sports, or simply want to move and breathe better, this work supports lifelong mobility and vitality.
Expect smart sequencing, thoughtful alignment cues, and time to integrate what you learn so you leave not just more open, but more confident and informed in your practice.
This workshop is about building backbends that support you for life.
Olivia has always been a seeker. Growing up between tall skyscrapers in Seattle, Washington, she was always looking for meaning, symbols, and secrets hidden in the world around her.
Her first yoga class she attended at 13 years old was where she caught a glimpse of these vast and divine moments of truth. Since then, under the guidance of her own teachers and mentors, her practice has evolved, unfolded and continues to do so each day.
After 12 years of study and practice, she holds a 500-hour yoga certification with extensive studies in yogic philosophy, pranayama, mudra yoga and Reiki. Through her curiosity and quest towards something deeper, her yoga practice has guided and expanded her passions in meditation, holistic medicine, sound healing and mantra recitation.
Olivia believes that a sincere commitment to Ahimsā (non-violence) keeps us on a direct path towards inner peace. As such, all of her work including her classes, trainings, retreats, and workshops, stem from this foundational and loving principle. Her teaching emphasizes yoga in its full, eight-limb spectrum, supporting her students towards inner stillness and transformation.
E-RYT® 200, RYT® 500 Yoga Alliance certified
Olivia Fleming
The benefits of Backbends.
At Any Age · In Any Training Style · For a Lifetime
Backbends are often misunderstood as “advanced” or purely aesthetic poses. In reality, they are a fundamental human movement pattern with deep benefits for physical health, organ function, nervous system balance, and long-term resilience at any age and across any training form.
Why Backbends Matter in Modern Life
Most people today live in chronic flexion:
sitting
driving
screens
forward-folded posture
emotional guarding of the chest
This creates:
compressed spine
restricted breathing
tight hip flexors
weakened posterior chain
collapsed posture and low energy
Backbends restore what modern life takes away.
They are not “extra” — they are corrective.
Spine Health & Longevity
◆ Hydration & Disc Health
Gentle, well-supported backbends:
increase circulation around spinal discs
support nutrient exchange
counter long-term spinal compression
This is crucial as we age, when discs naturally lose hydration.
◆ Bone Density & Structural Integrity
Backbends load the spine in a healthy, controlled way, supporting:
bone density
postural strength
spinal integrity over time
This is especially important after 40–50, when bone loss becomes a real concern.
Nervous System & Emotional Health
◆ Counteracting Chronic Stress
Backbends stimulate the sympathetic–parasympathetic balance:
they energize without overstimulation
they improve stress resilience
they reduce emotional collapse and fatigue
◆ Emotional Expansion
Opening the chest and front body is closely linked to:
confidence
emotional availability
resilience
improved mood
This is why backbends often feel emotionally liberating, even in small doses.
Respiratory System & Energy
Backbends:
expand the rib cage
improve diaphragm mobility
increase lung capacity
enhance oxygen uptake
Better breathing means:
better energy
better focus
better immune response
better recovery from stress and illness
This is true whether you practice yoga, lift weights, run, or simply want to breathe better in daily life.
PRICING
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL (till January 16): $69 (20% OFF)
*includes 2 free drop in passes to any class at SolarYou Yoga ($70 value) for all new first time clients. Cannot be redeemed for cash, returned for a refund or transferred to other clients.
FULL PRICE: Single 2hr session: $82
SOLARYOU YOGA STUDENTS: 5-10% OFF any time after early bird period based on membership plan benefits policy
SOLARYOU YOGA EMPLOYEES: 15% OFF any time after early bird period
FAQs
ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS TO ATTEND THE WORKSHOP?
Workshop is designed for everyone at any level of flexibility to learn how to practice towards backbends. however, if you have any spine or shoulder injuties please get approval of your doctor prior to signing to the workshop.
If you have any medical restrictions and injuries we ask you contact us via info@solaryouyoga.com to consult with leading teacher.
SHOULD I RESERVE A SPOT UPFRONT?
Please reserve a spot as early as you can because our facility is a boutique studio where we respect personal space and limit the number of participants to make sure everyone is seen and have enough space to practice.
We offer early bird discounts and discounts for our studio members.
In case you decided to join the workshop but it is already full please sign up for the waitlist and reach to the studio via info@solaryouyoga.com. In case some participants will have to skip it we will reach out to you with the invitation. We will fully refund to waitlist participants if they did not get their spot in the workshop.
WHAT ARE THE STUDIOS POLICIES AND TERMS OF SERVICE?
Please get familiar with our terms of service and cancellation policies prior to making the purchase. We offer no exceptions to these policies since we treat all our customers evenly.
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