Online Teacher Only

Safeguard Back Health in the Yoga class

You’re only as young as your spine is flexible

Study in your own time, at your own pace

• course material downloads

• live, two-way interactive studio online option for sequencing and questions

• ongoing support

Safeguard back health in the yoga class and beyond with invaluable, practical back management tools for yoga, everyday life and sporting activities.

The course includes:

an overview of the back and an outline of some common back conditions

some practical back pain-relieving poses and sequences

focus on modifications of yoga poses including variations of Salute to the Sun

Exploring the core, breathwork and relaxation in relation to the back

At the end of this course, you will:

gain a basic understanding about common back pain and back complaints

be confident to teach some back-relieving poses and to incorporate what you learn into your yoga and yoga teaching

be able to teach simple and effective modifications in the yoga class to relieve back pain through re-education, re-alignment and raised self-awareness

be able to apply the practical aspects of yoga back health management tools to everyday life and sporting activities for back health