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Yoga For Back Pain

Yoga practices work in their entirety, creating a balance of body, mind, consciousness, and soul — a summary of an easy hatha yoga exercise series for back pain.

The strain from sitting at a desk, driving a car, or constantly looking down at your cell phone can cause upper back pain. Yoga helps increase strength in very specific muscles and muscle groups.

The novice yoga practitioner finds that even the simplest asanas are challenging to go within the beginning. He can’t stretch his arms outstretched, his legs outstretched while sitting on the ground, he can’t reach the ground with his hands leaning forward, plus his back and his feet hurt. As he tries to stretch his legs, he is unaware of what his arms are doing. His mind is preoccupied with where and what hurts. He doesn’t even hear that he needs to do something completely different already, even though the yoga teacher is repeating the same instruction for the third time.

With persistent and regular exercise, the body becomes more and more obedient, can endure the asanas longer, and the muscles become more flexible and stronger, especially the skeletal muscles responsible for posture.

How I see yoga sequences as a Thai massage therapist and teacher based on my 21 years of healing experience.

These classic yoga poses are used to release tension in the lower back, relieve back pain and streighten the core muscles.

Happy Baby Pose

When you do the happy baby pose regularly it relieves lower back pain, stretches and soothes the spine, calms the mind, helps relieve stress and fatigue.

Child’s Pose

Do this pose for 5 minutes a day at least. It’s super calming for the mind, it’s great for your digestion, it elongates the lower back and opens the hips.

Seated Side Twist

This stretch relieves symptoms of backache, fatigue, menstrual discomfort and sciatica. It tones and strengthens abs and obliques, stretches and energizes the spine. It opens the shoulders, neck and hips, increases flexibility, especially in the hips and spine.

Seated Side Bend

Opens the hips and torso. Brings balance to your entire body. Lengthens the abdominal muscles, hips, and thigh muscles, while improving flexibility in the spine. Side bends also stretch the muscles between the ribs.