Become a Certified Back Care Yoga Teacher with our Online Training

Study with world-renowned Dr. Loren Fishman, MD in our accessible online format. Once you enroll, you receive the recorded lecture and learning materials and begin study anytime - with access to materials for one year.

Then join Dr. Fishman and Liz Larson, RYT, live in this year’s cohort.  The course will culminate in a practice teaching session with Dr. Fishman and Ms Larson to best apply these yoga techniques practically.

Studying online means you can learn from anywhere with an internet connection. This flexibility makes these classes so much more accessible, opening up these opportunities to more yoga students, teachers, and yoga therapists than ever before.

Gaining certification in yoga for back care means you can teach with more confidence, helping your students learn to manage their back pain better and protect themselves from injury. Offer safer, more inclusive yoga teaching for a wider range of students while learning in PYI’s integrative community of yoga therapists, doctors, and yoga teachers.

Earn Your Certification to Teach Yoga for Back Care

Back pain is the primary reason that people miss work in the United States, and with an aging population, the need for trained yoga teachers and yoga therapists for back care is sure to rise. A healthy back can be a stepping stone to improved holistic wellness. Constant or chronic back pain can impact mental health, drive, ambition, and a range of other factors that can reduce your quality of life. Reducing pain levels means increasing the potential for flexibility and motion, but also for joy and happiness.

Advantages of Certification in Yoga for Back Care Management

Why take a yoga class to learn about the relationship between yoga and back care? As a yoga teacher, you can become a more inclusive mentor and create more accessible classes. Students, particularly beginner yoga practitioners, may worry that yoga poses worsen their back pain. You can learn how to reassure students that the poses you will teach them will support them and help them build the strength and flexibility to manage and, in some cases, even overcome back pain.

When you take this yoga class for back care, you also gain those benefits for yourself. You can learn to manage and prevent back pain by discovering what causes most instances of back discomfort and how to move in a more supportive way.

What’s included in this yoga class for back care?

• Live, interactive classes with qualified, experienced instructors
• Separate Q&A sessions
• Case studies
• Assessment strategies — discover how to tell if conditions are musculoskeletal, neurological, or both
• On-Demand classes
• Study of the eight basic causes of most back pain
• The dynamics and conditions  that can cause back pain
• Yoga poses that help back pain and those to avoid

Next steps and how to refer out  

As a teacher, you can start a yoga class that helps students manage back pain and work yoga into their daily practice for holistic health and well-being.

As a yoga therapist, upon graduation, you can best determine whether to address musculoskeletal, neurological, or combined aspects of back pain to personalize your applied yoga therapy.

Research shows that yoga can ease moderate to severe back pain via careful stretching, improved posture, and increased strength. Yoga fulfills the need for regular movement without over-straining the back, especially when you learn to listen to your body or the needs of your students. As a teacher, your deeper understanding of how yoga can help with back pain recovery helps you increase the services you can offer via your yoga classes.

  Deepen Your Teaching with Prema Yoga Institute Today!

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