Aadil Palkhivala – Yoga For Lower Back Pain
Learn a comprehensive approach to minimizing lower back pain with master yoga teacher Aadil Palkhivala.
Join Aadil Palkhivala as he guides you in understanding the physical, psychological, and spiritual origins of lower back pain. In this in-depth 4-hour course, learn the common causes of lower back pain and how to treat the pain with more than just asana—although asana practices are included too! You’ll understand how Aadil Palkhivala personally overcame his debilitating back injury, and how he’s able to go through life now with minimal flare-ups. By the end of the course, you’ll have a solid foundation to minimize your daily back pain with Master Palkhivala’s holistic strategy.
I loved Aadil’s approach, his way of explaining the holistic approach was very insightful, it is an aspect that is very often neglected. Most yoga instructions focus only on asana.
— Course Participant
In this 4-hour digital course, you will learn:
- The physical and psychological origins of low back pain
- The anatomy of the back
- The part trauma can play
- Postural triggers
- Sequences for the lower back, the hips, and to relieve sciatica
- A morning series for opening the back body
- How to modify sun salutes for low back pain
- Pranayama to help with lower back pain
- Nutrition and lifestyle suggestions
Anatomy Of Back Pain
Take a deeper look at what’s causing back pain with an anatomical overview. You’ll learn the functions of the spine, the frequent muscles associated with back pain, and the structural imbalances that need to be strengthened to prevent more pain.
Holistic Help For Back Pain
Asana is not the only way to heal an injured back. Aadil Palkhivala will give a complete therapeutic plan to approaching lower back pain, including how to solve nutritional deficiencies, how to reduce muscle tightness by lowering acidity, and more ways to demystify the cause of back pain.
Course Outline
SECTION 1 Physical and Psychological Origins of Low Back Pain
- My Experience with Lower Back Pain
- How to Take This Course
- Structural Anatomy
- Structural Causes of Back Pain
- The Mind’s Relationship with Muscles of the Lower Back
- Thoughts and Feelings
- The Lower 3 Chakras, Sexuality and the Lower Back
- Nutritional Deficiencies That Can Cause Spasm
- Acidity and Deoxygenation
- Dehydration and Disc Deterioration
- Postural Causes of Lower Back Pain
SECTION 2 Spiritual Causes
- The Healing Energy of the Soul
- The Heart Chakra
- Finding the Heart: Introduction to Heartfull™ Meditation
- Namaste Technique
- Sexuality and Lower Back Pain
SECTION 3 Practices and Solutions
- Purna Yoga 6-Part Hip Series
- Lower Back Series and Forward Bending
- Relieving Sciatica
- Short Practice to Release the Hip Flexors
- Sun Salutations for Lower Back Pain
- Morning Series for Opening the Back Body
- Pranayama to Help with Lower Back Pain
SECTION 4 Nutrition and Lifestyle Suggestions
- Purna Yoga Tips for Daily Living
- Applied Philosophy
- Cilantro Drink Recipe
Aadil Palkhivala
Aadil Palkhivala is one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world. He began his asana studies with B.K.S. Iyengar at the age of 7 and received an Advanced Iyengar Teacher’s Certificate at 22! He is the author of the book Fire of Love and devoted to Sri Aurobindo’s Purna Yoga. Aadil is co-Director of the Alive and Shine Center in Bellevue, Washington and the Purna Yoga™ College, an internationally acclaimed, advanced teacher training program. He was a certified Shiatsu and Swedish therapist, and a Clinical Hypnotherapist. Aadil has studied holistic healing and Ayurveda extensively. He holds degrees in law, physics and mathematics, and co-hosted the Alive and Shine Radio Show with his wife, Savitri.
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