Yoga for Lower Back Pain orpse Yoga Pose for Lower Back Pain



So the last pose that we're going to do is the last pose that you should do in any yoga practice; it's dreadfully important. It's called Shavasana or corpse pose and all that you do is lie down and relax. So to come to Shavasana, I've just made myself comfortable. Because today I sort of feel like addressing lower back pain, I'm using this bolster. You can use blankets, you can use anything you like, just put it underneath your knees so that when you lie down your lower back is flatter on the floor. Again, I'm lying on my little faux sheepskin because it's nice and fuzzy and comfortable and I like it. You can lay on what ever you wish. I'm going to bring my shoulder blades flat on the floor underneath me and make sure that my shoulders aren't up on my ears like this. I'm going to lay the backs of my hands on the floor, palms up and we're just going to start to let everything fall in to the floor starting with my heels, I'm going to release through my knees, and to my quads and release, letting the tailbone sink in to the floor, the muscles of the belly release. The rib cage softens, the heart rests, the shoulder blades feeling them falling to the floor. The hands, the arms are heavy, the muscles of the throat release. The face and the jaw release., Let your eyes close and just breathe in and out. And when you're ready, to come out of Shavasana, slowly, slowly roll onto to your right side, curved through a fetal position, and return to an easy seated pose.