Fitness and Exercise: National Back Care Awareness Week: Yoga to support back-care management

This session will focus on providing you with simple yoga practices that can support you to prevent back ache and also to better manage it. You will learn a simple sequence that moves the spine in a balanced range of movements to support its mobility. You will learn practices that focus on relieving lower back tension, as well as neck and shoulder tension. You will practice simple postures that improve both your strength and flexibility. You will also learn to relax your back in the Constructive Rest Pose – a perfect position when experiencing back discomfort. You will learn how to use deep breathing to ease muscular tension and to help you feel calmer when experiencing pain. At the end of the session, you will experience a guided relaxation which can help to ease the stress of discomfort. Yoga is a non-competitive practice, you will be encouraged to practice in a way that meets your own needs, moving within your own comfortable and safe range of movement. You may like to progress to a longer course: Yoga to support a healthy back.