Yoga for Healthy Lower Backs

This user-friendly, unique guide can work preventatively for the long-term health of the back (proven by the trial research), while also positively working holistically for body and soul. The book was designed for use as an educational aid and is ideally used as an adjunct to a 12-week course taught by a qualified teacher.

Containing over 120 photographs, the book includes thorough guidance about how to perform each yoga pose, observations to be aware of once in each pose, and variations and benefits of each pose.

Alison Trewhela has taught yoga regularly since 1983. In 1992–1993, Alison qualified in The Yoga Biomedical Trust’s specialist yoga teachers’ course for Lower Back Pain. Anna Semlyen has taught yoga since 1996. Anna is Specialist Advisor to the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) on yoga and healthy backs and also research on therapeutic yoga. Anna worked for the NHS 1992-3 and then as a Health Economics Research Fellow at The University of York 1993–1998 before becoming a full-time yoga teacher.

Contents: What is Yoga; Yoga Research; How to Find a Teacher; Committing to Yoga; Yoga for Your Daily Life; What To Do If You Get a Sign of a Painful Back Episode; Yoga Practice Sequences; Suggested Timetable of Daily Yoga Practice; Long Descriptions of Yoga Poses with Photographs; Twelve Weekly Class Themes; Anatomy of the Back; Warning Signs; National Yoga Organisations; Teacher Training.

Further details on www.yogaforbacks.co.uk.