Got back pain? Want to find relief, begin healing, and enjoy your yoga practice again? Join Alison West, PhD, C-IYAT, E-RYT, for her new online course, Yoga for Back Health: A 6-Week Clinic for Mobility, Strength, & Pain Relief. This workshop dives into anatomy and asana practices to help you better understand: the structure of the spine; how to evaluate your posture and identify movement patterns; the impact of injuries and conditions; and how to work with those issues through safe yoga sequences, poses, and breathwork. 

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Catching yourself slumping over throughout the day? Hey, it happens, and all it takes is a few inhales to reverse course and create more length in the spine. The trick is positioning your body so your breath can do all the work. Here, yoga therapist Alison West, PhD, E-RYT, director of the Yoga Union Backcare & Scoliosis Center in New York City, shows you three simple poses that will help your breath expand tissues in the side, front, and back body—making it much easier to free your spine and sit up straight. Bonus: You can do them in your chair right now!