Start Your Online Yoga Practice for Lower Back Pain
If back pain is keeping you from normal mobility, a live class might be the more relaxing introduction to some exercise than watching a video.
Certain problems with the lower back can occur if you sit for a long time, have a very active lifestyle or not get enough exercise throughout the day. Over time, it can get worse due to stiffness, little mobility and decreased core strength. During our live online Yoga classes at ShiHa Yoga, a physical instructor is on hand to guide and watch you to ensure you are moving safely, all from the comfort of your home.
Yoga doesn't cure back pain overnight! It's gradual and will benefit your body's posture, strength and awareness. Yoga to relieve lower back pain is attained gradually for the majority of individuals as they practise consistently and work with their yoga strokes to alleviate the pain.
Lower back pain yoga stretches will help to make the muscles in the lower back and around the hips flexible. Through the years this essentially makes everyday activities (sitting, standing, bending, etc.) easier and less rigid.
Yoga for back pain also strengthens up the core and back muscles which support your spine. With increasing strength, this awareness of oneself in the sitting/standing/movement position naturally increases.
Real change is not achieved with one stretch, it's done with good habits. You will learn some subtle micro-movements in our classes that can be contributors to your back pain and be able to gradually integrate other movements into your daily routine.
Our yoga lower back pain poses are carefully selected according to their usefulness to the back – not so much as a random list of poses.
Absolute beginners will start with simple beginner yoga for lower back pain: safe, slow and easy and with instructions on how to do each pose step by step and animated by a live person.
Your lower back and hips go hand-in-hand. Many of our four-postures can be used to reduce tension in the lower back and hip when practising yoga for lower back and hip pain.
If a student has some pain in his spine due to sciatica, we make adjustments carefully, avoiding practices that can cause nerve pain, and give them attention with gentle and supportive practices.
Each online session focuses on you rather than a pre-recorded video. A class usually includes live instruction, tailored modifications, stretching and mobility techniques, breathwork, alignment hints and pacing your class according to your fitness level.
There is no list of stretches for you to perform that is easy on your back. If someone says they've got 'lower back pain', this typically doesn't refer to the same place — it may well be their core is weak or stiff, or they may be using another part of their body in a compensatory way. “True" correction starts by observing people's motions, not a specific list of poses, as Master Alok explains. This is why we prioritise your pattern in our LIVE classes and don't offer a generic "routine".
Most yoga online is conducted in big groups of individuals, in which the instructor is not capable even of noticing each and every pupil, let alone correct them. Your teacher monitors your movement in real-time and corrects you when practising; that's real-time help across time zones that really counts at ShiHa.
Our products remain small scale and pay attention to each member. Corrective movements are tailored to you or your individual stiffness/compensation pattern and not a generic instruction of the group.
If back pain is keeping you from normal mobility, a live class might be the more relaxing introduction to some exercise than watching a video.
Yes, to many. A natural approach to the problem of back stiffness and strength-depleted core muscles may be the gentle and well-led yoga practice. Be consistent and follow instructions to use best.
Yes. The initial yoga for lower back pain course is aimed at beginners and is slow paced, simple to do and has used real time support.
Yes, oftentimes the lower spine will be helped as well when hips are opened gently, as they and the lower back are connected.
Many individuals who suffer from an injury to the sciatic nerve can continue practicing safely with the proper changes. We will always modify the session so as not to exacerbate nerve pain.
It is live on Google Meet which means you can see your teacher and be directed in real time as you will be to any in-person class.