Iyengar Yoga Exercises for Lower Back Pain Part 2

This yoga video shows how to relieve lower back pain with simple yoga exercises that you can do at your home. Divya explains how these yoga poses can be of great help to treat back pain, sciatic pain and sciatica. People with severe lower back pain also can try these beginner’s yoga steps as simple back exercises to treat lower back pain.

Step 1 Iyengar Yoga Exercises for Lower Back Pain
Lie down, place your left heel on the block, raise your right leg up and hook the ankle on to the rope/belt/dupatta. The left heel should press down onto the block. Hold for 60 seconds. Place another block under the side of your right buttock and move the raised leg to the right. Move side, repeat with left leg. Hug the knees towards your chest, rock a bit, roll over to the right and come up.

Step 2 Iyengar Yoga Exercises for Lower Back Pain
Stack to bolsters on top of each other, place your palm on the other side of the bolster, rest the quadriceps on the bolster and drop your chest down. Separate the ankles and allow your cheek to rest on the floor. Hold this position for 4 to 5 minutes. Once done, place your palms underneath the shoulders, slowly walk back and come up.

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Thank you to Divya Nichani and Me + Yoga.
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