We’ve put together 16 yoga poses to expand and release — two major cosmic themes under any given full moon. With today's full moon (April 11) rising in Libra, it’s also a time to bring alignment to your heart and mind to gain greater consciousness of the fine balance of self and others with all relationships in our lives. To put ourselves in a state of transformation through compassion, peace, and love. Yoga helps to release tension stored in the subtle, energetic body, so that you can open yourself up to receive all the celestial gifts the full moon has to offer. You can perform these poses as a sequence, or on their own as part of your own practice. Just be sure to warm up your spine each day with Cat/Cow postures and Sun Salutations before you begin — many of these poses are big heart openers and lengthening backbends to help you create space. Day 1 of #CrazySexyYoga with the #yogabums is Standing Backbend Pose | Anuvittasana and here are instructions: Begin in Mountain Pose (Tadasana), rooting the tailbone down and pressing through the soles of your feet. Release your shoulders as you reach palms to sacrum, fingertips pointing downward. Draw your elbows together and use your hands to press your hips forward, bending through the thoracic spine. Allow your head to gently drop back, lengthening through your Throat Chakra as you breathe deeply. Continue pressing the hips forward as you bend back, only going as far as what feels good. Hold for 3 deep breaths and press into your sacrum to come back to Tadasana. Fold forward to relieve any compression in the lumbar spine. Repeat again, this time if it feels good, raise your arms overhead one arm at a time. Feel free to take it deeper walking your way down a wall or in my case a palm tree! Check in with @thegivingmom tonight for day 2! FOLLOW & TAG all hosts to show us some love: ➵@meaganwrightyoga ➵@thegivingmom ➵@gordonogden ➵@kateswarm ➵@bohemian_heart ➵@getfityogagirl ➵@alissayoga ➵@yoga_ky FOLLOW & TAG our amazing sponsors: ➵@aloyoga ➵@jeannevergerjewellry ➵@reidbeads 📸: @wendivee