Want to learn 3 ultimate yoga poses for beginners that are great for back relief?
One of the most prevalent health issues I have found in India is back pain. Back pain doesn’t have a particular generation it targets and can be found in the young and old. I find that it starts with inflammation in the body, poor posture, and / or contributed to diet and exercise or lack there of.
I have been lucky enough that even throughout some heavy – and I mean single and twin HEAVY – pregnancies I didn’t experience back pain as much as others mammas.
It could have been due to a regular yoga regime or just some of the simple stretches I would do if I ever felt back pain coming on.
I love using a blend of essential oils and exercise to keep back pain away.
One of my favourite essential oil blends is doTERRA’s deep blue. If you’ve never used it before and want to try it out, email me and I’ll share a sample with you.
It comes as both an oil blend or a cream rub. Both are amazingly easy to apply and can give you relief within minutes of applying it. Now that’s what I’m talking about.
Yin yoga or a restorative yoga is not very physically exhausting, nor needing much equipment.
Practicing Yoga in the morning starts your day off on the right foot (pun intended), refreshing you for all activities that are to come.
With many useful poses destined to break the cycle of routine back pain, the top 3 poses are:
1. Child’s Pose
Balasana, also known as Child’s Pose, is a therapeutic pose. Having back pain after sitting in front of the computer all day? This is the pose for you, to stretch tight hip muscles, or free yourself from facet joint problems. Sit on your heels, back straightened, knees apart, and toes touching the ground. Then lean forward, extending your hands forward, allowing your forehead to caress the floor. Continue pushing back lightly with your hands so your behind can try and come in contact with your heel. Continue for a minute or so before release. Repeat, and refresh yourself.
2. Seated Side Bend
Considered as one of the best lower back treatments, the Seated Side Bend is also easy to do. Simply sit cross-legged, with your left hand on the floor and its elbow bent. Keep your right hand straightened upward, lean your upper body to the left for about a minute. Repeat this with the other hand and side. This provides better lumbo-pelvic stability and stress-relief.
3. Sphinx Pose
Salamba Bhulangasana, also know as Sphinx Pose works wonders for the spine and sacral-lumbar arch, alongside opening the chest and lungs.
Start by lying face-down on the floor, with legs hip width apart and extended behind you. Slowly bring your back upright, keeping your elbows just under the shoulders, on the floor. Try to hold the pose for 1-3 minutes for enhanced relaxation.
For this pose, try not to clench your butt cheeks and relax the lower back and butt. That will then allow you to feel the benefits of the pose.
In the fast-paced world of today, we are constantly on the run, returning home to a tired body and aching back. Even children are exposed to back stressors as they laden with heavy school backpacks complain of backache. In such circumstances, yoga and natural remedies become vital for re-energization of the body.
What do you do to relieve aches and pains from your body?
xo, Zarine
