Setup: sit on the roller, the legs bent and slightly wider than your shoulders, the feet on the ground, the arms stretched to the sides, palms facing forward (photo 1).
Action: breathe in and stretch the spine out, breathe out and twist the torso to the right (photo 2). Breathe out and twist back to the midline, switch to the left side.
Modification 1: to ease the action, lay your hands on the forehead, the arms folded, twist to the right (photo 3) and left.
Precision Points: anchor sit bones to roller, keep the spine long as twisting, the torso, arms and head rotate as one block.
Purposes: improvement of spine mobility, strengthening and stretching of the back and abdominal muscles.
photo 1
photo 2
photo 3