Is Your Lower Back Screaming for support?

This might be what you’re looking for

Lower back pain is something that plagues so many adults. You want to be active but you are constantly battling your lower back. Maybe you wake up stiff every morning. Maybe shoveling out from the recent snow storms has left your back feeling cranky and uncomfortable.

When I was 39, I suddenly had lower back pain. Out of nowhere it seemed. I went to see one of the physical therapists in my office and she said that my glutes were weak so my lower back was doing all the work. I remember thinking, “how is that possible? I’m so active?” But sure enough, during my next yoga class I observed that I never used my glutes, not even once without purposefully engaging them.

Interesting.

Over the next few months, I actively engaged my glutes whenever I could. During yoga, while walking, swimming, and even going up stairs. As my glutes got stronger, my back pain went away and never came back.

Since then, when I teach yoga, I cue my students which muscles to engage while practicing so that they understand the full nature of each pose, what is supposed to be happening, and what they should feel (ideally) while practicing. Everyone’s body is different, but we all have the same basic parts and pieces. Functionally, if certain muscles are strong and mobile, each body “should” operate without pain.

Why yoga?

Yoga is a practice that addresses not only your physical body, but your mind as well. It builds physical strength, increases mental resilience, and improves mobility so that you feel more comfortable in the body that you have.

Lower back pain can interfere not only with your ability to be active, but with your overall enjoyment of life. Chronic pain drains your energy, leaving you exhausted by the end of the day. Depression and chronic pain often go hand in hand, and many studies have shown how important movement is when you feel depressed.

I have been practicing and teaching yoga since the mid 1990s and have experienced first hand the subtle and not so subtle effects of practicing yoga:

• Better overall physical strength. Yoga builds functional strength using your own body weight. It helps you build muscle and bone and you can do it anywhere. A mat helps, but isn’t required. All you need is your body.
• Improved core strength. Because yoga is functional, it helps you strengthen your abdominals, your glutes, your pelvic floor and more. While the poses might look funny, they have been time tested to strengthen every part of your body, including your core. A strong core supports your lower back so that it doesn’t strain.
• Increased mobility. The old adage “use it or lose it” definitely applies to mobility as we age. If you don’t stretch regularly, you will slowly lose the ability to reach your feet to put on your socks or shoes. It will become harder to sit or move comfortably. You’ll feel achy and stiff. Yoga improves mobility through stretching and targets the muscles that can cause a cranky lower back.
• Relaxed mind. When you move and breathe together, it naturally calms the mind, even without trying. Connecting your breath with your movement helps you feel more in control over your body, and that comes with you off the mat and in your life. What you practice on the mat comes with you when you step back off again.

Yoga for the Lower Back

Throughout the years, I have taught many students who experience lower back discomfort, and have helped them feel better with yoga. Movement is medicine, especially with our “sitting” lifestyles. When you can move and breathe, your body feels less stiffness and more ease.

Yoga for the Lower Back is an online, self-study course that I designed for anyone seeking lower back support, as well as understanding about why your lower back might hurt in the first place. You will move slowly and mindfully through 15 classes, over the course of weeks or months, to build strength, improve mobility, and get control over your discomfort.

You get to go at your own pace, and progress when you are ready. There is no time limit, as you get lifetime access to this course. You can also reach out to me at anytime to ask questions or have your concerns addressed.

Registration is open!

Yoga for the Lower Back is now open for registration! This online, self-study course will give you the lower back support you’ve been missing, plus all the information you didn’t know you needed.

• Learn why posture matters.
• Understand what you body is telling you with different types of sensations.
• Learn what different lower back pain diagnoses mean and what to do about them.
• Progress through practice videos to build core strength, improve mobility, and feel more in control over your body.
• Get “how to” videos that break down simple movements, like Bridge, Plank, and pelvic tilts so that you can do them properly and get the most out of the practice videos.
• Learn when to strengthen, when to stretch, and when to foam roll, as well as how to do these things!

The Details

Yoga for the Lower Back: $297 $222.50 if you enroll by March 31, 2026! That’s 25% off, using the code YOGABACK25 at checkout.

If you enroll this week, before March 8th, you will also receive a 60 minute, online, one-on-one session with me to be used at any time. Get your questions answered and receive the personalized support that you need. This session can be redeemed whenever you like. Email me at [email protected] to schedule. In fact, you may reach out at any time with questions or concerns. I’m here to help!

One you purchase this course, you will have lifetime access to all videos and content contained within, as well as to new content that may be added in the future, at no additional cost. Click the button below for more information or to sign up!