The solution

I am doing "modified yoga classes" to teach you

• What yoga poses to do and how 
• What yoga poses to avoid and why
• How to keep working on the rest of your body even if you have this problem

So you understand how to modify your yoga poses to avoid making your situation worse and, on the contrary, getting your body closer to balance than you are now.

Depending on the attendance, I will do my best to give attendees personalized feedback and answers.

What we will do

The class will be a combination of explanations and a "modified" yoga practice.

This is not a "physiotherapy for herniated disc" class.

It is a slow beginners Vinyasa (flow) yoga class to experience the benefits of yoga, but adjusted for people like us with an herniated disc problem.

This means that will avoid or modify all the poses that can push the hernia further out (even when they don't give us pain!).

And on top of that we will add:

• extra stretching exercises to elongate the muscles that you usually contract (because of the spasms related to your herniated disc problem)
• extra stretching exercises for the spine (Eldoa) and tissue education exercises (McKenzie) to help to contain the disc hernia and to improve mobility.

Program

Introduction – 20/25 minutes

• We will start introducing each other and talk about “what to do and what to avoid” in our yoga practice.
• Plus some tips to practice yoga with all kinds of herniated disc and general yoga safety rules.

Modified Practice – around 1 hour

There will be modifications to poses and sequences where needed for our specific situation

• How to sit and how to breath
• Modified Sun Salutation sequence
• Warriors and standing poses
• Balance poses 
• Closing sequences with stretching exercises (with some specific for sciatica), static abs and rebalancing of our nervous system.
• And... Shavasana 😊.

Is this class for you?

While I am confident I can advise people who have my same issue (lumbar herniated disc) because I have first-hand experience, I have limited experience with other types of herniated disc.

I have some experience with yoga for cervical herniated discs, but it's partial (I worked with a client who had this issue).

And I have no experience with other types annd positions of herniated discs.

And finally, everybody is different

So, before joining the class, ask yourself if this is for you. And during the class listen to your body!

If you...

• have a lumbar herniated disc(s) problem – those are the most common
• already do yoga even at a very basic level
• or you want to learn how to use yoga to feel better

...this class will surely benefit you.

Because I will teach you yoga modifications that are original and based on "first hand" experience of a yoga teacher doing yoga with herniated lumbar discs.

If you think this is for you, welcome to the class!