Learning Yoga in a progressive week to week manner improves your understanding of the poses

and helps you feel the opening of the body and the life force or spiritual energy.  Learning

in this manner helps to build  security for yourself as you do the poses as well as feeling

of security as you go throughout your day.  It is a wonderful way to see the building blocks

of a pose.  Each week there is a new understanding that enhances your practice.  When you

feel more confident on a physical level, you can really appreciate the spiritual energy that

is always there.  Yoga is just another way to union with God.

At Jacksonvilleyoga.com, we offer ten week series.  Students love the understanding that they

get not only in the poses but in how their body works.  Students learn how to heal themselves

with the alignment priciples that was established by John Friend, founder of Anusara Yoga.

Join us, or check out our website and see the DVD section where you can order and enjoy

the benefits that yoga has to offer on a physical, mental and spiritual basis!

About 20 years ago, I was starting to feel the negative aspects of teaching aerobics

and running. I also had scoliosis which was causing pain in my neck and shoulders as well as the lower back (sacroiliac joint).

I went to a week-long Yoga seminar. Immediately, the pain went away!! I also started feeling more grounded and secure!

Because there was no one in the area teaching Yoga, I started teaching a yoga-

stretch class at the Ponte Vedra Inn and Club. The members loved it so much they

asked me to make a video so they could do it more at home. So now you can have

the opportunity to learn some of the best yoga stretches in your home and get relief

from back pain. Many people have done this video so many times that they have

memorized it.

It starts with a standing side stretch which will stretch your whole

side body. Then you go to a wall and open up the chest and upper back as well as

the back of the legs (hamstrings) and the lower back. Then you move to the floor and

stretch the psoas (great relief for lower-back pain) and also the outer hips with stretches

that resemble a lunge pose. Then lying on your back and using a belt you will learn

a stretch that opens the hamstrings, inner groins, illiotibial band (outer thigh) in less

than five minutes. This video ends with a seated twist.

You will end up feeling open and free. Doing this video on a regular basis will help you feel

younger and more agile. It is a great way to start your day and even end your day. Some

people use it as a way to give them more energy in the middle of the day. You can even do

15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes in the evening. Regardless of how you schedule

your session, it can be at your convenience and you get to have relief of back pain!

It also makes for a great gift for your friends and family.  To order, just go to jacksonvilleyoga.com and click on DVD’s on the right side.  The cost is only $25 plus shipping.

After a short while, people started requesting a more difficult and

challanging session.  I would hear more problems with tight hips from people

who had an active lifestyle.  Running, biking, blading all can tighten the hips

thus creating lowerback pain.   I am active too and therefore, have tight hips.

Going to many seminars all over  the world, I would “collect hip openers”.

The best that I have found are on this video as well as some really nice

hamstring stretches, upper thigh stretches and a really nice relaxation at the end

where the legs are up the wall.