Elevate your yoga teaching. Learn how to work with back pain, scoliosis and injuries with therapeutic yoga techniques.
A comprehensive approach to understanding the spine, working skillfully with back pain and scoliosis, and applying yoga with confidence for yoga teachers, health care practitioners and individuals alike.
Led by Author and Educator Rachel Krentzman PT, C-IAYT, MBA, Happy Back Yoga blends therapeutic alignment, physical therapy principles, embodied awareness, and personal transformation for healthy backs and resilient lives. Recognizing that chronic back pain is often influenced by stress, protective patterns, and life demands, this work uses alignment to support both structural integrity and the nervous system’s capacity to let go.
Our signature program designed for yoga teachers who want to work more skillfully with students experiencing back pain, disc conditions, sciatica, SI joint dysfunction, and upper back and neck pain.
Because this is an in-depth training with ongoing support and mentorship from me, I like to meet each prospective student personally to understand your experience, goals, and career direction—and to make sure the Happy Back Yoga Teacher Training is the right next step for you.
Book a complimentary 45-minute Discovery Call to learn more and see if the program is a good fit for you.
Rachel Krentzman & Lior Hikrey
An in-depth program for anyone who wants to better understand and work with scoliosis—whether for yourself or your students. Learn a specialized therapeutic sequence of 12 postures, supported by detailed videos, photographs, and clear explanations of the principles behind each posture.
The focus is on individualization: learning how to observe and adapt each posture according to the student’s unique spinal curve, asymmetries, and needs.
Curated programs designed for your specific needs.
Discover the Happy Back Yoga Method—a therapeutic, alignment-based approach to healing the spine through yoga therapy.
Discover books designed to inform, inspire, and engage. Available in multiple formats for your convenience. Purchase your copy online with ease.
Rachel Krentzman has been practicing yoga and physical therapy for almost three decades. She established and managed a private practice in San Diego, CA for over twenty-five years.
Rachel is the founder of an accredited yoga therapy training and has taught hundreds of students worldwide.
A certified Hakomi psychotherapist, she integrates somatic psychotherapy with yoga therapy and is the author of multiple respected books in the field.
Rachel Krentzman’s life is upended when her Orthodox rabbi father is imprisoned, pushing her to question faith, identity, and belonging.
Leaving behind a rigid community, she seeks freedom as a single mother, only to realize she cannot escape her past.
Through yoga, she begins an inward journey that leads her across continents and into deep self-reckoning.
As Is is a story of healing intergenerational trauma and learning to accept oneself—fully and honestly.
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