If you're suffering from back pain or just general tightness, this series of partner yoga poses is sure to leave your spine feeling long and flexible.
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Sometimes it's the little things we can do for optimal health and most of the time it just takes a few minutes, or even seconds, to get back on track.
Do you experience back pain in the morning? If so it's most likely because your back is stiffer and more vulnerable first thing in the morning because of increased fluid and increased pressure in the discs. 
Got a tight back? Here's a fun way to open your spine and stretch your hamstrings too. I call this Backpack. 
Some yoga poses require a ton of strength such as Crow, and other poses involve balance such as Standing Hand to Big Toe. Then there are those poses that are all about relaxing and gently stretching your muscles. Cobra is one of those poses that's all about feeling good and breathing. 
The sacrum is the triangular bone at the base of the spin, made of fused vertebrae and situated between the two halves of the pelvis - like a wedge. Its upper part connects with the last lumbar vertebra, and bottom part with the coccyx (tailbone).
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Our bones have many important jobs. Not only do they give our bodies shape and structure, they also protect some vital organs. Not only that, but bones also store minerals like calcium and release it into our blood stream when needed.
Sitting at your desk for 8 hours a day is a great way to work towards tight hips. Fight back with this desk hip opener stretch.
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