The phrase "a forward bend" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to yoga, exercise, or physical movement where a person bends forward at the waist.
Example: "In yoga class, we practiced a forward bend to stretch our hamstrings and lower back."
Alternatives: "a forward fold" or "a forward stretch".
Some favored the scorpion, a back-bending handstand; others the guillotine, a forward bend so deep that the head and arms slide behind the legs.
A balanced yoga routine should contain a forward bend, a back bend, a side bend, a twist and a balance.
"When I first started two years ago, I couldn't straighten my knees in a forward bend," said Toby Killick, 13, who placed fourth.
Your back will stay straight, thanks to gravity and the good carpenter that made the floor, but you'll get all the benefits of a forward bend, and some of the good that comes with inversion.
For instance, Mysore is more aggressive, Mr. Brown said, citing videos of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, the Ashtanga guru, pushing a man's head to his knee in a forward bend.
In this solo in silence, the movement (a long phrase including a little twist of the torso, a hand lifting a foot, a forward bend from the waist toward invisible corners) is less important than its contrast between the fluid and the angular.
Here some protective function has to be sacrificed for the sake of motion, because a forward bending of part of the column leads to separation between the laminae and between the spines of the neural arches of adjoining vertebrae.
value of 0·6 m/s2 at a relaxed or a forward bending posture.
They described bilateral complete stress fractures involving the mid-diaphysis of the ulna occurring at identical sites, and postulated direct contact of the ulna with the upper crutch ring in combination with a forward bending force as the likely cause.
All controls were examined with either a forward bending test or a radiograph if necessary to rule out any spine deformities.
In flexion, the pressure increased noticeably compared with other postures and had a value of approximately 0.9 MPa at level L1/L2 under a forward bending (flexion) moment of 20 Nm.
