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Yoga for a Healthy Lower Back

with Liz Owen
$50 + $3 CT sales tax = $53
All levels; no yoga experience necessary
Are you one of the 31 million Americans who experience lower back pain? Lower back injuries and conditions are almost as common in our culture as the common cold. According to the National Institutes of Health, they are second only to the cold as a reason for a visit to the doctor. If you think about all the work your lower back does throughout your day, every day, it’s no wonder that it is so vulnerable to injury and strain.
In this workshop you will explore your own lower back with yoga. You will learn gentle, safe movements to stretch tight muscles and strengthen weak ones, how to cope with pain flare-ups, and how to create natural tone and balance while respecting structural conditions and limitations. Come and soothe your sore, achy back!

Liz Owen, E-RYT, is co-author of Yoga for a Healthy Lower Back, slated for publication by Shambhala Books in spring 2013. She is co-author of an NIH-funded study at Boston University Medical Center studying yoga as a healing modality for depression and anxiety. Now an independent instructor, she was a Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor for fifteen years.

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