Open and expand the chest (including Supta Baddhakonasana, Purvottanasana, Urdhva Dhanurasana on the chair)

Open and expand the chest (including Supta Baddhakonasana, Purvottanasana, Urdhva Dhanurasana on the chair)
Open the chest by moving the back of the spine into the body and creating space at the base of the neck (including Urdhva Dhanurasana from the chair, Ustrasana and Viparita Dandasana)
Isolate the inner thighs to lengthen the back in standing poses and maintain hip neutrality in backbends (including Utthita Trikonasana, Virabhadrasana I, Salabhasana, chair Sarvangasana)
Provide support from below for backbending (including Utkatasana, Virabhadrasana I, Salabhasana, and more)
Strengthen and stabilize the shoulders and upper back while increasing mobility (Including Virabhadrasana I, Gomukhasana, Bhujangasana, and Salabhasana)
Moving from the root of the pelvis to extend the whole spine into backbends (including Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, Chair Viparita Dandasana and Kapotasana)
Prepare the shoulders, hips and spine for back-bending (including Parsvottanasana, Bhekasana, Salabhasana, and more)
Awaken and enliven with backbends (including Adho Mukha Vrksasana, Urdhva Dhanurasana, Viparita Dandasana and more)
Opening the chest with and without supports in supine, standing and backbending asanas (including Trikonasana, Ustrasana, Bhujangasana and more).
Moving the two ends of the spine in backbends (including Supta Virasana, Pincha Mayurasana and Viparita Dandasana).
Awakening the root of the spine in backbends and inversions (including Anantasana, Parsva Salabhasana, Parsva Dhanurasana, and more)
Moving from the hips and upper back in supine, standing and back bending poses (including Supta Padangusthasana, Virabhadrasana I, and Bhujangasana)
Use the joints to balance the diaphragm in backbends (including Adho Mukha Vrksasana and Urdhva Dhanurasana from the chair and floor).
Freeing the frontal spine in backbends (Including: Viparita Dandasana in the chair, Ustrasana, Urdhva Dhanurasana)
Preparing for and using support for backbends (including Utkatasana, Bhujangasana, and Ustrasana)
Preparing for and using support for backbends (including Utkatasana, Bhujangasana, and Ustrasana)
Coordinate leg/hip rotation with the sacrum and spine to elongate and experience the quality of the asana in backbends (including Virabhadrasana III, Supta Bhekasana, Kapotasana in the chair)
Coordinate length and action in the upper and lower body in back bends (including Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, chair and independent Viparita Dandasana)
Activating the tailbone to practice nirodha (restraint) and channel the consciousness (including Sirsasana, Ustrasana, and Urdhva Dhanurasana)
Shoulder and pelvic actions in backbends (including Adho Mukha Natarajasana and Dhanurasana).