Yoga for Back Care

Description

Has your doctor suggested you join a yoga class?

If so, this series of yoga for back care classes is for you.

Our increasingly sedentary lives have contributed greatly to the back pain epidemic spreading across the Western world and it now affects 8 out of 10 of us at some point during our lives.

Join us for this series of classes each Saturday to improve your understanding of your anatomy and make lasting improvements to your posture and movement. During each class, we'll explore approaches to strength and mobility to help change your experience of movement in both yoga and everyday life.

Yoga for Back Care offers an insight into how and why we experience pain and offers a simple programme of movement to support you in learning to soothe and settle your back, building strength and confidence.

Each class will end with restorative postures to alleviate any discomfort, promoting self-repair and healing.

You’re welcome to attend all classes as a block or drop in on a weekly basis.

During the back care classes we will work together to:

* Gently mobilize our joints thereby promoting the natural healing mechanism of the body

* Build awareness of our natural movement patterns and how they may affect our ability to move with ease

* Look at our posture and how we move in our daily lives

* Relax tense muscles to enhance restorative blood flow

* Develop strength, coordination and stability to help us move with confidence

* Challenge our beliefs about pain, weakness and damage

* Reassess our understanding of our bodies as vulnerable and discover the innate resilience of our structure

* Reconnect and restore flexibility and joy in movement

These back care classes are suitable for anyone with neck and shoulder discomfort, lower back pain, sciatica, sacroiliac issues and general or chronic back pain. Anyone suffering from severe or acute disc injury is encouraged to seek the help of a qualified physiotherapist or osteopath before embarking on a course of yoga.

For all levels of yoga/ movement experience.

**Please ensure you bring the required equipment (listed below) with you to each class. 

Equipment Required

Before joining any of the Yoga for Back Care classes, you'll need to invest in the following pieces of equipment. We'll use these in each class to practice carefully targeted movements specifically designed to support your healing. Please bring them with you to every class.

Suggested links:

A 7” Pilates ball
from Amazon

Pack of 5 resistance bands
from Amazon

Course – Yoga for Back Care , Sept 16 – Oct 28, 2023
6 live online classes

(Please bring 7″ Pilates ball and resistance bands to all classes – details on this page)

Are you suffering from back pain? Has your doctor suggested you join a yoga class? If so, these masterclasses are for you. Our increasingly sedentary lives have contributed greatly to the back pain epidemic spreading across the Western world, which affects 8 out of 10 of us at some point during our lives.

Join us for this series of classes to improve your understanding of your anatomy and make lasting improvements to your posture and movement, changing your experience of movement on the yoga mat and in everyday life.

Yoga for Back Care offers an insight into how and why we experience pain and offers a simple programme of movement to support you in learning to soothe and settle your back, building strength and confidence.

Each class will end with restorative postures to alleviate any discomfort, promoting self-repair and healing.

During the classes we will work together to:

You’re welcome to attend all classes as a block or drop in on a weekly basis. If you’d prefer to book individual classes, please click here and make your booking.

These classes are suitable for anyone with neck and shoulder discomfort, lower back pain, sciatica, sacroiliac instability and general or chronic back pain. Anyone suffering from severe or acute disc injury is encouraged to seek the help of a qualified physiotherapist or osteopath before embarking on a course of yoga. For all levels of yoga/ movement experience.

Week One – Sept 16

Week Two – Sept 23

Week Three – Sept 30

Week Four – Oct 14

Week Five – Oct 21

Week Six – Oct 28

Catherine has practiced physical movement in some form since the age of six, when she began ballet and dance. In her early teens, she was introduced to yoga and learned the Indian philosophical concept of “sunyatta”, a meditative technique to empty the mind. Whilst she loved the feeling of moving in yoga, she found the strength of the practice was amplified by the stilling of thought, which dissolved her anxiety and left her with a sense of space and ease.

She subsequently explored many different approaches to yoga until discovering John Stirk, who taught a form inspired by Vanda Scaravelli. In these subtle and profound classes, she found that the connection between breath, mindfulness and embodied movement create a sense of deep inner joy and wellbeing. This connection has been her focus throughout her yoga practice and teaching and is the inspiration behind the creation of Wellbeing, Yoga Way.

I will be using Zoom, a free online platform to live stream this workshop. You will be able to connect directly to us from the comfort of your own home either through your PC, laptop, mobile or tablet.

It's easy to set up - please follow these simple instructions:

Download and create your free Zoom account. Please do this well in advance to make sure audio and video are working.

We will send you a unique Zoom link at least an hour before the workshop starts so you can register well ahead of the start time. You will then receive an email confirming your place with a link to the workshop. Follow the simple online instructions. Please log in 10 - 15 minutes before the start of each workshop so we can begin on time.

If you’ve never used Zoom before, please take the time to download the free Zoom app on whichever device you use for joining live classes (on iPads and smart phones it is 'Zoom Cloud Meetings' from the App store). On computers and laptops it is: zoom.us. Follow Zoom's simple instructions to set up your account.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us by phone or email. We will always be at hand if you encounter any problems or difficulties when logging into the workshop through the Zoom portal.

Have you ever thought about becoming a qualified yoga teacher?

Take a look at Catherine's BWY accredited Intelligent Yoga Teacher Training course with renowned guest yoga and anatomy teacher, Gary Carter.