Class Details

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

This time the focus will be on our hips.

To release our hips and work on their mobility is crucial for back pain problems, because:

1. Often they are tense and/or weak and we try to compensate with our lumbar back.
2. The sciatic nerve is running between the complicate hips's mechanism, so releasing them we can reduce or even eliminate the compression of this nerve.

...And also The Hips are holding a lot of our psycho-emotional tension and stress (we can say they are our second Shoulders)

So we definitely need to get in touch with them end improve their status!

Program

Introduction – around 20 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 (always at the base of any yoga practice)
• Some gentle hips mobility exercises
• Modified Sun Salutation A sequence (posing in some asana to open the hips more)
• Some standing poses (focused on hips opening)
• Some poses on the floor with hips opening focus
• Closing sequences to balance our nervous system, with some stretching exercises good for sciatica
• And... Shavasana 😊.

Questions & answers and Final Greetings -- around 10 minutes 

For the class you need:

• Yoga (or exercise) mat
• Yoga blocks (or a few books)
• Yoga strap (or a belt, not elastic)
• A free wall nearby

Why me

My name is Daniela Novati and I am a yoga teacher that is living, practicing and teaching with 4 herniated lumbar discs.

One on L5-S1 is specifically serious with almost 1" x 0.5" protrusion that I will probably needs surgery.

However, in the meantime I learned all the modifications to yoga poses that let me practice and teach without making my herniated disc worse.

With my experience of teaching yoga I could create specific modifications and understand how they work.

That is why I feel confident that I can teach you the right modification for your poses.

Is this class for you?

I am confident I can advise people who have my same issue (lumbar herniated disc) because I have first-hand experience.

So 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 (relax your mind while exercising and balancing your body)

...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!

But I also have to say that 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 and 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!