Remember to let your arms do the lifting. Finish up with child's pose, a stretch so relaxing it will make you go, ah. And those are seven simple steps to a supple lower back. Ah.

Child’s pose stretches the posterior chain muscles that often tense up in moments of stress or during the day (hunched shoulders, anyone?), while bringing your head down to the floor is known to ...

Plus, sphinx is a “nice introductory pose” to lumbar extension because it only moves you through part of your range of motion ...