backbend
Spine curving backward
A backbend is a gymnastic or yoga position in which the body arches backward, typically with hands and feet on the ground and the torso curved upward: She held a perfect backbend for ten seconds.
The move requires flexibility in the spine and shoulders.
Acrobatic rolling and flipping
- floorIndoor walking surface
- beamStructural support member
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- routineRegular sequence of actions
dismount · flexibility · bridge · walkover · handspring · limber · arch · contortion
Rotating circular frame
- asanaYoga body position
- vinyasaBreath-synchronized yoga movements
- hathaPhysical yoga discipline
- kundaliniDormant spinal life force
ashtanga · pranayama · savasana · cobra · bridge · dropback · yogi · yogini
Ability to adapt easily
- spineColumn of vertebrae
- archCurved spanning structure
- curveSmooth, angleless line
- extensionAdded part or duration
stretch · suppleness · limberness · mobility · core · alignment · posture · lumbar
Traveling entertainment with performers
- acrobatAgile circus performer
- contortionistOne who bends extremely
- showmanshipSkill at impressive presentation
- spectacleVisually striking event
audience · stage · choreography · applause · spotlight · costume · rehearsal · flexibility
tumbling
Acrobatic rolling and flipping
routine · dismount · flexibility · bridge · walkover · handspring · limber · arch · contortion · leotard
wheel
Rotating circular frame
kundalini · ashtanga · pranayama · savasana · cobra · bridge · dropback · yogi · yogini · mat
flexibility
Ability to adapt easily
extension · stretch · suppleness · limberness · mobility · core · alignment · posture · lumbar · thoracic
circus
Traveling entertainment with performers
- acrobatAgile circus performer
- contortionistOne who bends extremely
- showmanshipSkill at impressive presentation
spectacle · audience · stage · choreography · applause · spotlight · costume · rehearsal · flexibility · troupe
- Belly Dancebelly dance, shimmy, shimmies, undulation, undulations
- gymnasticsgymnastics, balance beam, floor exercise, handstand, parallel bars
- yogaasana, asanas, pranayama, yoga class, yoga pose
- acrobaticsacrobat, tumbling, somersault, cartwheel, handstand
- body positionslying down, flat, upright, standing, sitting
- floor exercisesplank, planks, crunches, push-ups, sit-ups
backbendforward fold
Standing hip hinge
forward bend · pike · tuck · crunch · fetal position