Yoga Therapy for Low Back Pain

Join Saraswathi Vasudevan of Yoga Vahini & me, as we explore Low Back Pain

Course
7 Lessons

Learn valuable insights for preventive care & healing from modern, western & traditional Yoga perspectives, for this condition that affects so many of us.

Saraswathi draws on ancient yoga texts & from her extensive experience. Whilst I cover anatomy, function & dysfunction of the lumbar spine & pelvis.

Note: This course was originally recorded between the 7th and 16th of December 2021 via Zoom.

COURSE FACILITATORS

Saraswathi Vasudevan is a yoga teacher, trainer and therapist in the tradition of Sri T Krishnamacharya. She has close to three decades of study, practice and teaching experience in this tradition, having studied directly with Sri TKV Desikachar for over 17 years and other senior teachers in this tradition.

She is the co-founder of YogaVahini, a Specialised Yoga Training, Therapy and Research Centre that has centres in Chennai & Hyderabad and a presence in other cities in India and around the world. Saraswathi currently serves on the Voluntary Board of Directors of Yoga Alliance, the largest international yoga certifying and credentialing body.

Dr Rob Lamport specialises in the Gonstead method of Chiropractic, a precise approach to correcting problems of the spine and joints. He was awarded a Master’s degree in Chiropractic from the Anglo European College of Chiropractic in the United Kingdom.

He is the founder of More Than Anatomy, an online education platform for yoga teachers, which aims to help them better understand the human body in both health and disease.

Having first developed a strong interest in health in 1992, he has been practicing yoga for the past 25 years and for the last 10 under the guidance of Sri O P Tiwariji.

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW

Part 1

Session 1: The Yoga Therapy Approach to Low back Pain - Saraswathi

Saraswathi presents an overview of the therapeutic approach for personalised yoga therapy, drawing references from the Yoga Sutras and other relevant texts. You will learn how to apply this traditional wisdom to understanding low back pain: how it can manifest, and how to approach it.

Session 2: Basic Anatomy of the Lumbar Spine and Pelvis - Dr Rob

Dr Rob provides an overview of the anatomy of the lumbar spine, pelvis and sacrum. He explains the key bones, ligaments, and intervertebral disc.

Part 2

Session 1: Preventive care for the back through Yoga - Saraswathi

When you understand how the back is impacted at the gross and subtle levels, you can learn how to build a strong, flexible, balanced spine, with better movement of breath and wellbeing. Finding ways to stabilise oneself from within.

Session 2: Stabilisation of the Lumbar Spine - Dr Rob

We explore how the lumbar spine and pelvis are stabilised by connective and muscle tissues. How a lack of stability can lead to low back issues and how these can be addressed.

Part 3

Session 1: Therapeutic Movement - The Mechanical Approach - Dr Rob

Medical research in recent years has helped inform us how movement influences spinal tissues. What can we learn from this, and can modern therapeutic techniques be utilised by the yoga therapist?

Session 2: Exploring breathing, Asana modifications for taking care of minor back issues - Saraswathi

Using simple, key asanas & their modification with conscious breathing to address minor low back issues and progression with practice to prevent future issues.

Part 4

Session 1: Conditions - Dr Rob

We consider the role of the disc and how changes to it often underpin many low back issues.

Session 2: Individual and Condition-Specific Approach - Saraswathi

Specific techniques for yoga therapists to address specific low back pain issues. Paying close attention to individual variation and ensuring a holistic approach is followed. Some basic guidelines on building the progression in practice.

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