Frustrated and Tired of Low back Pain Limiting your Activity?
Find PEACE and get out of Low Back Pain
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Move More and Worry Less about your Low Back Pain so you can do More of What you Love Every Day
INTRODUCING
Yoga for a Better Back
5 Steps to Safely Move the Body, Mindfully change Thoughts and Beliefs, and Reveal Your True Potential
If you have tried MANY treatments for back pain without the results that you desire OR...
you have been told that you just need to "Live with it"...
but you know, deep down inside, that your BACK could be better.
You know that LIFE could be better!
You are looking to LIVE MORE with LESS PAIN and you know that…
you need a new approach.
This program is for Active Women seeking a
Spiritual Solution to low back pain.
What does that mean?
You consider yourself active but you are currently limited by low back pain.
You have tried physical treatments like exercise, manual therapy or manipulation, and physical therapy, chiropractor, and massage.
You do the work but the pain always comes back.
You know that stress affects your pain, but you're just not sure how to deal with it.
You are tired of trying and it seems that the only solution is one that you don't want... injection or worse, surgery.
You sense that there must be an answer...
...because deep down you know that you can be better.
That deep sense of knowing is your Spirit, your Purpose, and your Desire buried under the tension and pain.
This program will take you from feeling hopeless to being empowered to take the right actions for YOU each and every day.
The 5 steps will strengthen the Body, calm the Mind, and ignite your Spirit.
In this course you will learn exactly how to:
1. Create a PRACTICE, by you and for you...to manage your low back pain
For years I was looking outside of myself for the answers to my back pain. I expected the "right" exercise or the "right" hands-on treatment to "fix" my pain. But it wasn't working. The process I share in Yoga for a Better Back empowered me to create the "fix" for myself.
2. EXAMINE body, mind and spirit to find the root sources of your pain.
A process of self-assessment takes you beyond the sensation of physical pain. You will identify tissue tightness, muscle weakness, negative thoughts, fixed beliefs, and memories that are keeping you in pain. With a thorough understanding, you can heal old wounds to feel less pain today.
3. ALIGN and you move in ways that are safe, no matter the diagnosis or condition of your spine.
You may have been programmed to think that you can't move in certain ways OR that movement will "hurt" you. Take it from me, a physical therapist with over 30 years of experience: THE SPINE IS MEANT TO MOVE! Your fear of movement may actually be what is keeping you stiff, tight, and in PAIN.
4. CREATE CORE support.
Support is what you have been missing. While your spine needs support from your muscles, your mind needs support from the calming practices of breathing and meditation. As you gain support of the body and mind, your Spirit can emerge.
5. EXPLORE your limits and discover that you have very few.
As you work through the steps, you will find that you can do MUCH more that you ever thought possible.
Let me ask you a few questions...
When was the last time you woke up refreshed and:
- felt ready for whatever the day would bring
- cherished the thought of interacting with your family
- looked forward to work you needed to do
- realized that you did NOT have pain?
I know you're probably thinking...
Is she saying that my back pain is all in my head?
Maybe you have heard or thought this before. Let me apologize for letting you feel that way. I also want to apologize for any other healthcare provider that made you feel that way.
By saying that the BRAIN plays a role in your pain it does NOT mean that...
...you are imagining your pain.
...you are faking your pain.
It just means that you didn't have all the answers.
This is relatively new information supported by research. But traditional medicine has divided the person into parts. Traditional medicine separated the body from the mind and negated the effect of the spirit in caring for your health.
I want you to care for the whole person: Body, Mind and Spirit.
"SINCE TAKING STEPHANIE'S YOGA CLASSES THAT CONCENTRATE ON SPINE AND BACK HEALTH, I HAVE MADE GREAT IMPROVEMENTS OVER TIME AND I AM ASYMPTOMATIC FOR THE MOST PART. I DO NOT EXPERIENCE THE PAIN, STIFFNESS, AND LACK OF MOBILITY THAT HAD BOTHERED ME PREVIOUSLY. I HAVE REFERRED FRIENDS TO HER AND THEY WERE IMPRESSED WITH HER STYLE OF TEACHING YOGA AND HER VERY APPROACHABLE PERSONALITY."
ANNABELLE, RETIRED SOCIAL WORKER AND YOGA FOR A BETTER BACK STUDENT
"YOUR COMBINATION OF YOGA AND PHYSICAL THERAPY EXPERTISE WAS JUST WHAT I NEEDED. YOU UNDERSTOOD THE CAUSE OF MY PROBLEMS AND WHAT EXERCISES AND POSTURES WOULD RELIEVE MY PAIN. I'M STILL AMAZED AND VERY GRATEFUL THAT I MOVE FREELY NOW."
MARY, COLLEGE PROFESSOR AND YOGA PHYSICAL THERAPY STUDENT
My years of experience as a physical therapist, college professor, yoga teacher AND person with back pain has led me to develop this program for YOU!
Yoga for a Better Back is the ONLY program of its kind that…
1. Addresses ALL the reasons why you hurt
2. Allows you to take control of your own back pain
3. Provides education that you can listen to over and over again
4. Puts faith in your body as being strong, resilient and able to heal
5. Progresses you safely and effectively developing CORE strength and SPINE mobility
So if you’re ready to finally STOP the cycle of back pain while avoiding more medication and health appointments...
Right NOW you have 2 Choices:
Option #1:
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Continue to have pain
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Expect the pain to spread to a new area of the body
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Create more triggers for your pain, i.e. it will take less movement (or stress, etc) to increase your pain
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More frequent "flare ups" of pain
Option #2:
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Break the cycle of ongoing pain
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Stop the spread of pain into new areas of the body
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Calm your nervous system and have less triggers of pain
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Know what to do "in the moment" you feel a sensation of new pain
Each Module Provides Education, Guided Meditation and Yoga Practices for about 2.5 hours of content.
The lessons and practices build on previous, therefore the Modules are released to you over 8 weeks. You can complete the program in 10 weeks or take things slower. The process allows you to find PEACE for Body, Mind and Spirit!
1. Start with the Mindfulness Lesson. This lesson helps you understand how your Brain keeps you in pain and gives you strategies to get out of pain.
2. The Guided Meditation reinforces the Mindfulness lesson and each audio meditation is 10-12 minutes. Not too short and not too long, this is a great place to start!
3. Each Short Yoga Practice is around 20 minutes. These practices consist of gentle movement, supported on the floor and includes time for relaxation.
4. The Physical Lessons include education about functional anatomy, i.e. how the body actually works! These lessons also provide instruction in how to perform each yoga pose with short video clips with verbal cues, and pictures with written cues. You won't ever need to wonder if you are doing the pose "properly".
5. The Long Yoga Practices include poses that are learned in each lesson. Each module adds poses, build on your strength and endurance and provides the right amount of challenge.
***But if you feel like you need more support, BONUS practices allow you to progress through the program using a chair or while on the floor.
***10-50 minutes a day....5 days a week....10 weeks***
PEACE through Yoga blended with Physical Therapy for a Better Back
Module 1 (Immediate Access)
Practice Awareness
You can only change what you are aware of. Once you tune into what you feel: body, mind and spirit, then you will know how to move forward. You will understand the impact of stress on your pain. You will know exactly what movements help and hurt. You will begin to uncover the old hurts that are keeping you in pain today.
Module Highlights:
In the lessons and videos you will begin to transform your pain by:
- understanding the neuroscience of stress
- learning the natural healing process
- starting gentle and SAFE movements for you back and hips
Module 2 (Access 2 weeks after enrolling)
Examine
Videos will lead you (just like in Physical Therapy) through self-assessments of:
- stress response leading to muscle tension and pain
- spine posture
- Hip, spine and shoulder range of motion
- muscular activation
- postural endurance
- core strength.
Module Highlight:
By the end, you will know exactly what areas of the body and mind to direct in your daily practice.
Module 3 (access 4 weeks after enrolling)
Align Body, Mind and Spirit
Posture and proper form with exercise are important. But not as important as being in alignment with your core values. When your thoughts and actions are out of alignment with your passions and desires, you feel pain.
Module Highlights:
What do you love? What do you hate? These questions will lead you to understand the importance of alignment.
- Investigate your core values
- Assess your spine posture
- Embrace a sense of relaxation and subtle movement created with breathing
Module 4 (access 6 weeks after enrolling)
Create CORE Support
There is so much focus on strengthening the muscular core, but what about the core of YOU? Only when you feel completely supported by YOU can you accept the support of others. And with this support you create resiliency of Body, Mind and Spirit.
Module Highlights:
The function of the muscular core is misunderstood and therefore trained inappropriately.
- Understand the role of deep vs. superficial core muscles
- Relax the superficial spine and abdominal muscles to feel the deep core
- Engage the deep core muscles and imagine moving in new ways pain-free
Module 5 (access 8 weeks after enrolling)
Explore Mobility
Someone once said: "a fluid spine equals a fluid mind". When you move with curiosity and the intention to feel better, you will begin to crave movement.
Module Highlights:
You will "let go" of so much more than muscle tension and stiffness to create better movement.
- Challenge beliefs about your spine and pain that are keeping you in pain
- Explore sensations during forward and backward bending of the spine
- Grow confidence in choosing the "right" movements and actions to take
You'll get Immediate Access to the Bonuses
Click on the arrow beside each Bonus to see what you will get to support with each step on the Path to PEACE.
- With each Module you get a Guided Meditation. But I also provide 5 extra audio guided meditations for both variety and a deeper understanding of Self.
- When you have knowledge, you have less fear. I'm giving you more lessons about specific spine conditions so that you can really understand your condition and move beyond your perceived limitations.
- Use my step-by-step process to determine your Core Values. When I did this, I had a "guiding light" to make decisions about my life.
- You don't need to stand during yoga! I'm giving you 3 practices that will provide more support in the early stages of the program. Two programs are completely performed while on the floor. And the other is performed using a chair.
- Access to a private Facebook group will give you added support from people going through the program at the same time and from alumni that have been where you are now. Because getting out of pain takes time, you have access to this group for 6 months.
- Each module provide a long yoga practice. But variety is good, so I give you 3 extra practices to incorporate during the program or at the end.
- Sometimes you may feel stuck. Getting your questions answered will help you move forward! A Yoga Physical Therapist will be in the Facebook group regularly (at a minimum bi-weekly) to answer your questions.
I know that you feel stuck. You have done what you thought was the right thing to do.
I've been there too!
But it wasn't working. I could feel the pain spread to new areas of my body.
I felt frustrated as I searched for answers outside of myself to heal my pain.
ENROLL NOW
If you resist feeling pain, you resist feeling all other sensations, even JOY!
Once I turned inward and found the source of my pain I could let go of resistance and finally began to experience more JOY! I was able to connect more with my family because I had let go of years and layers of tension.
For me this is what it means to LIVE MORE! Feel More! Love More! Experience More!
I want that for you!
ENROLL NOW"“I love how you are incorporating the science of PT and all your expertise with the beauty of yoga.”"
Online Client of
Yoga for a Better Back
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Here's the deeper reason for my own back and neck pain:
My birth was surrounded with emotional trauma. As soon as I was born, I was given up for adoption and immediately placed in a hospital nursery. I lived in the nursery for 18 days until I was placed with my forever family. Now we understand the importance of bonding immediately after birth. But back then, I didn't get that bonding. I didn't feel a sense of safety and security upon entering this world. Â
During those 18 days and even after I was placed with my forever mother and father, I continued to cry. I was crying to be comforted and soothed. But because of my initial abandonment, it was very difficult to console me.
As a child I experienced stomach aches. As a teen and young adult the pain spread to my legs, neck and back. I had headaches. It seemed that when one pain was relieved, another showed up.
For almost 50 years, I denied the events around my birth as TRAUMA. That denial kept me in pain.
When I accepted the trauma, forgave everyone involved (who were only doing their best), and learned how to comfort the infant inside of me, then I was able to comfort the adult. I was able to find the ease within my body and...
finally let go of tension and pain.
You've tried EVERYTHING else. There is no other OPTION!
I have used this process with success!
My clients have used this process with success!
If you put in the work too, I know that you will have success!
Frequently Asked Questions:
1. “Can do yoga if I have a herniated disc?”
If you have recently injured your back, like within the last 4 weeks, you may not want to do yoga. But if you have been told that you have a herniated disc because of an old injury, or you were told this MORE than 3 months ago...YOU can do yoga. In this program you will learn about the healing process and how to manage movement after a injury.
2. “Can I participate if I've been told to limit my movement because of degenerative joints (a.k.a. arthritis), laminectomy, fusion, or other spine condition?"
Our spines were meant to move. But injury and usual wear and tear may limit how much you are able to move. However, you shouldn't be afraid to move. In this program you will learn about your own limits of your movement. You will also learn to dispel "external" limits to your movement. Overall, you get to choose how much or how little you can move based on how it makes YOU feel.
3. "Am I too old to do yoga?"
Check out this woman:
She recently passed away and at the time of her death was the oldest yoga teacher at the age of 101. One of the reasons that I love yoga is that I can see myself doing it forever! You might need to make modifications to the movements and I help you with that in the program.
4. "I've been told that I will eventually need surgery. Can this program help me?"
I have had clients put off surgery because they were feeling better. And they put off surgery again, and again. Even if you do eventually need surgery, you will be stronger and have a better recovery afterward. You will have a program to return to when you are able.
**There are some indications for spine surgery like numbness and weakness, especially if you have lost bowel or bladder function. If this is you, I would see your physician or healthcare provider.**
5. "I’m not flexible, can I do yoga?"
That’s exactly why you need yoga. However my classes tend of focus on strength! And all the poses an be modified to meet you where you are.
6. "What happens if my pain gets worse?"
There are many gentle movement practices in this program AND several meditations (9!) where all you need to do is find a comfortable position for 10-20 minutes. You may need more brain training before you progress in the physical training.
People with chronic and persistent pain may have an increase of pain with a new activity. The goal is to NOT panic and realize that this is a reaction from the brain (top-down) and not from the tissue (bottom-up)
7. What if I can’t make the Bi-Weekly Live Q and A sessions?
Each session will be recorded and placed into the course. You will have access within 24 hours.
You can submit your questions up to 12 hours before the Q and A session and get ANSWERS!
Here’s what you’re getting when you enroll today:
Yoga for a Better Back - 5 Modules in the Online Course
- 4Â Bonuses that help meet you where you are.
