Yoga for Back Pain

Create Space & Address Pain

with Ruchi Murlidhar

June 21st from 2 – 4:30 pm

This is a workshop for anyone who feels occasional back pain due to stiffness, compression, posture and misalignment.

Back pain is a regular ailment of modern life. There are many ways we can help you address your needs, whether you have a catch in the back, a nagging injury, a persistent pain or a condition like scoliosis. This 2.5-hr course will help you develop a toolkit of approaches to help you understand your pain and move more freely.

In this workshop, we will:

• Focus on the poses most commonly done in class, and how to modify them. This will help you understand how to address your back pain in every class you take.
• Practice the specific poses that will help you care for your back. You will get to experience how to soothe the low back – and then we will go all the way up the spinal to also help with mid-back and upper back tension.
• Give you confidence in using the special props that especially help with back pain – including special belts and the ropes to help you feel spaciousness and elongation through your entire body.

Who is this program for? It is best for students who have some yoga experience and want to practice consistently to address their back pain. This program is ideal for folks who have pain from accidents or sitting too much. Those with scoliosis will learn valuable approaches to create space and elongation. Whether you want to address your stress, relieve pain or improve your posture, this workshop can help. Slipped disc and spinal stenosis usually need more than modifications. Please do consult with us if you aren’t sure whether this workshop is right for you.

Tuition:

$55 – Early Bird Special – $10 off! Register by June 1 with discount code: earlybird-back

$65 per person

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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Ruchi Murlidhar (she/her) is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (Level 2) and a certified Yoga Therapist (c-IAYT). She is graduate of the Advanced Studies/Teacher Training program of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. Ruchi began learning yoga in elementary school in India and tried various forms of yoga before focusing on Iyengar Yoga. She studies regularly with her mentor Elise Miller along with other senior teachers Lois Steinberg, Jito Yumibe and Victoria Austin who is also her pranayama teacher. She has also been fortunate to study in India at RIMYI with Geeta Iyengar. Ruchi completed the Yoga Vidya program with Heather Haxo Phillips and has a regular chanting practice. She is often found experimenting in the kitchen and enjoys California sunshine while hiking/biking with her two boys. She loves to volunteer at her kids school and in her community. Her vibrant personality and sense of humor make her classes playful and accessible for students of all ages.