Ruby's advice is helpful, but starting with twists might not be best for everyone. I've found they can make lower back tightness feel worse if you jump in too fast. Focus on slow cat-cow moves and the wall pose first to ease into it.

Sorting that fast @amy831? Takes me twenty just to...

NO WAY, my friend Alex had a similar thing happen in Vermont! He met an old guy who made chairs using only a drawknife and spoke shave. The craftsman showed him how wetting the wood before carving cuts down on tear-out. Alex came home and his green wood projects got SO much smoother after that trick.