05 Feb 2025 Apr 19th: Yoga for Low Back Health
Yoga for Low Back Health with Letitia
Saturday, Apr. 19th, 2025 • 1:30-4 pm
Join us in-person or online for this special event!
$58 ($52 for PY828 Monthly Membership Students)
14 in-studio spaces • Live attendance not necessary for online students • 30 days access to recording for all
Whether you suffer from low back pain or are a yoga teacher looking for more tools to support your students with this common ailment, this special workshop will teach you yoga poses and series, myofascial release work, as well as nutritional support, lifestyle tips, and meditation techniques to support the health of your low back.
Low Back Pain (LBP) is one of the most common and costly ailments in our modern world. And for many of us who suffer from low back pain, the condition can be chronic. One of the worst things about low back pain – whether it’s sciatica, sacral-iliac joint pain, a dull, throbbing ache in the back muscles just above our pelvis, or bulging/herniated discs – is the way it can leave us feeling helpless and hopeless, without support. This workshop will give you a variety of tools to add to your LBP toolbox so you have ways to mitigate pain when it’s happening, prevent pain before it shows up, and even consider the possibility of leaving back pain behind for good.
I know what it feels like to manage low back pain. In fact, it's one of the reasons why I started practicing yoga, and what I later learned from Purna Yoga co-founder, Aadil Palkhivala, about how to work with my own low back pain is the reason why I became a Purna Yoga teacher. – Letitia Walker
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
In this workshop, Letitia will introduce you to a variety of supportive tools to manage, mitigate, and even eliminate low back pain. You’ll gain valuable insights and practical techniques, including:
- Anatomy and biomechanics of the low back
- Three different asana series designed to target and alleviate low back pain
- Myofascial release and traction techniques
- Nutritional strategies to support the low back and spine
- Lifestyle tips on how to sit, get out of bed, and enter a car with back pain
- Heartfull Meditation techniques for deep relaxation and healing
Whether the issue lies in the bones and discs of your spine, the muscles around your spine and hips, or the sacral-iliac joint, Letitia will provide a range of yogic solutions to address this common, chronic, and costly problem.
Join us in-person or online to learn practical, life-enhancing resources that will help you support yourself, your low back, and your overall well-being. You’ll receive PDFs for each of the series and have plenty of time for Q&A.
Prerequisites
This workshop is ideal for individuals experiencing current or chronic low back pain, as well as teachers looking to expand their LBP toolkit. Please note, you should be able to get down to the ground to practice the three asana series.
Recommended Props
To get the most out of this experience, we suggest the following props for at-home participants (all of these will be available for use at the studio):
- A yoga mat
- Two yoga blocks and/or two Three-Minute Eggs
- Two 8’ belts (that can be looped)
- A blanket
- A bolster
- A wall space for support
- An armless chair
Class Details
- In-person attendees are capped at 14 participants.
- Online participants: Live attendance is not required. All students will receive the class recording, which will be available until May 20th. Online participants will also have access to a designated demo model throughout the session.
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