Simple Yoga Tools to Relieve Back Pain

Learn easy and effective spinal traction techniques that you can practice at home (even without yoga experience)!

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About this Training

I am excited to offer this course, which is a compilation of the best yoga-based tools that I have used with clients over the last 20 years to help them find relief from lower back pain.

The course will begin with some basic anatomy and pathology of the spine, so you can understand your body better. You will learn simple therapeutic techniques to relieve pressure and pain in the back and leg commonly occuring with disc degeneration, disc herniation and sciatica. You will leave with tools you can practice at home for immediate pain relief!

What will you Learn

The Low Back Series

Learn techniques to relieve pain instantly.

Create Space

Use simple tools to decrease spinal compression.

Spinal Traction at Home

Find creative ways to traction your own spine using a door and a yoga strap.

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Course Curriculum

Anatomy & Pathology

Intro: The Concept of Mobility vs. Stability in Yoga

Lecture: The Curves of the Spine

Lecture: Pathology of the Spine

How to Stand and How to Sit

Tadasana: Finding your Mountain Pose

How to sit so your Back is Happy

Cobra Pose (Bhujangasana) for low back pain

At-home Spinal Traction Techniques

Spinal Traction with 2 yoga belts

Traction on a door (6:53)

Traction with 2 straps and a block (6:54)

Creating length in your spine (6:23)

Adjustments for spinal traction in downward dog (3:08)

Hanging on the Yoga Wall (10:44)

Savasana with spinal traction (3:13)

Conclusion (2:19)

Yoga Practice

Happy Back Yoga Sequence (76:14)

Testimonials

What Students Are Saying

The Yoga for a Happy Back training has deepened my understanding of back pain and the many reasons we suffer from it; from anatomy through lifestyle, down to the emotional and even biographical causes of our pain. This knowledge was made tangible through the practices themselves, which perfectly exemplified the theory we were given. Taking this course has deepened both my personal practice and my teaching, and the benefits and impacts of what Rachel skilfully and soulfully teaches have created positive change for both me and my students.

Michelle Rochwerger

Jerusalem, Israel | Graduate 2020

Rachel Krentzman

Yoga Expert

Michelle Rochwerger

Jerusalem, Israel | Graduate 2020

Rachel Krentzman

Yoga Expert

Michelle Rochwerger

Jerusalem, Israel | Graduate 2020

Rachel Krentzman

Yoga Expert

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Best Selling Books

Aged 16, Rachel Krentzman was diagnosed with scoliosis. At 32 she suffered a herniated disk and was told she would have to modify her activities for the rest of her life – instead, Rachel is now a walking testimonial for how yoga can be used therapeutically to heal your back pain.
Her books are companions to the Happy Back Yoga Professional Training and Yoga Therapy for Scoliosis respectively.