About Yoga: Help for Your Aching Back

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Yoga Yoga Yoga Styles Beginners Poses & Workouts From Ann Pizer, your Guide to Yoga Many people with back pain find yoga to be very helpful in reducing their pain. Over time, yoga can increase your strength and flexibility, effectively counteracting the tightness and weak muscles that cause many types of back pain. Each of the following sequences of yoga poses, which were formulated with advice from About.com's Guide to Back Pain, addresses a specific area of concern. Series 1: Yoga for Back Health This series of four yoga poses for beginners is intended to support back health. These poses are very gentle and serve as an introduction to basic stretching. See More About:  yoga for back pain  yoga workouts  yoga sequences Series 2: Basic Flexibility for Pain Prevention This series of intermediate poses is designed to prevent back pain by improving basic spinal flexibility, strengthening the core and the spinal support muscles and learning the movements that control flexion and extension of the spine. See More About:  hands and knees  yoga for back pain  yoga workouts Series 3 - Hip Work for a Balanced Back This series of standing yoga poses will help to create an awareness of the alignment of the hips and stretch the hamstrings, often problem areas. Standing poses are challenging for some people with back pain, but when appropriate, can improve your body alignment, which in turn improves your posture and helps alleviate back pain. See More About:  yoga for back pain  standing poses  yoga sequences Pose of the Week - Thunderbolt Pose - Vajrasana Yes, this simple kneeling position is actually a yoga pose. Thunderbolt (vajrasana) is a good alternative to virasana for people with sensitive knees. It also works well for meditation if you're going to sit for 10 minutes or less. Any longer and your feet may fall asleep. See More About:  seated poses  posture  beginning poses Yoga Ads Yoga Poses Yoga Videos Yoga Exercises Power Yoga Poses Yoga for Beginners Featured Articles Yoga Styles Yoga Audio, Books, and Videos Yoga Clothing and Equipment Yoga and Your Health Home Practice Lifestyle   More from About.com Free Children's Books How would you like to have access to a free online public library of books from around the world for kids 3 to 13? Read more...> Best Water Parks Better pack your bathing suit -- here are our recommendations for the funnest, wettest, splashiest water parks around. Read more...> This newsletter is written by: Ann Pizer Yoga Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Yoga newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2012 About.com   Must Reads What is Yoga? Yoga for Beginners - How to Start Yoga and Weight Loss Find Yoga Poses Sun Salutation - Step by Step   Follow me on: Advertisement