Online Yoga For Spinal Health
mindful exercise for a healthy spineprevent injury, relieve pain & boost your whole wellbeing
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Online Yoga For A Healthy Spine
Together with a sedentary lifestyle stress is one of the top predictors for back pain and injury and a leading cause of ill health world wide
Using gentle exercise, movement, breath and mindful attention, yoga is a proven way to condition your body, reduce stress, resolve pain and enjoy optimal health
The Vital Spine
The core structural and energetic pillar around which all structures develop and all processes are organized, a healthy spine is a condition for optimal physical and mental health
How Will I Benefit?
As gatekeeper to the nerves connecting the central nervous system and vital organs a healthy spine is essential for your whole wellbeing
The classes are also apt to help you manage
- mechanical back and neck pain
- stiffness and pain from wear-and-tear
- migraine and tension-type headache
- stress and anxiety
- and lots more …
Live Online Assessment
Free Of charge & Obligation-Free
To check the programme’s suitability and to tailor the classes to you please contact Manuel for a live online assessment
Assessment takes around 30 minutes and is 100% confidential, obligation-free and free of charge
Online Yoga For Spinal Health
- Thursdays 10:00 – 11:15 BST*
- Fridays 18:30 – 19:45 BST*
- Saturdays 10:30 – 11:45 BST*
- Platform: Zoom
*BST = British Summer Time
Prices
- Assessment – FREE
- Single drop-in – £12 (GBP)
- x4 classes = £32 (GBP)
Suitability
- all levels from beginners up
Group Size
Groups are kept to 6 so you get all the support you need to make your practice safe, beneficial and fun
Programme
Practice Right For You
The classes follow a functional approach to hatha yoga. This is a gentle form which avoids practising “correctly” in favour of practising correctly for you
You won’t put your body into strict positions, force correct breathing or struggle to rein in your wandering thoughts
Instead you’ll explore ways to to engage with your body and breath to release tension, awaken dormant muscles, release joint compression and re-establish synergies to let you move effectively, with purpose, lightness and grace
Frequently Asked
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What can yoga help me with?
Evidence shows that yoga is a very safe and effective therapy for pain anywhere in your back, neck and pelvis
On the basis that prevention is nine tenths of the cure the best time to practice is while you are pain free
But there are times when it’s appropriate to practice while experiencing pain
For example, the most common type, the non-specific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP) is by nature chronic, meaning the pain persists even after any original injury has resolved
Yoga can relieve stiffness and pain associated with with wear-and-tear (osteo) arthritis
Yoga is also indicated for sacroiliac, upper back, scapular and neck pain as well as tension-type headache
By calming stress and improving upper back and neck function yoga also helps you manage migraine headaches, reducing the frequency and intensity of episodes
Is yoga Risky With A Bad Back?
Yoga can be practiced in by virtually everyone at most times. Everything depends on what you do, and howÂ
However, there are times when any kind of exercise should be done with caution, or not at all:
- Yoga tends to aggravate rather than relieve severe, acute pain or an acute muscle spasm
- Yoga may be helpful with some modification for a nerve entrapment such as sciatica, but is best done one-to-one
- Yoga is contraindicated during an active flare up of inflammatory arthritis like rheumatoid, but can be very helpful between episodes
Check with Manuel that it is safe for you practice yoga before joining a class
How Will Manuel Assess Me?
with so many possible causes of back pain, how can you know when it’s safe and beneficial to practice yoga?
Fortunately as a registered osteopath Manuel is qualified to assess and advise you
The assessment follows a protocol of
- current and past history
- ranges of motion of all major body segments
- functional tests for primary movement patterning
All movements are done within your ability and in the pain-free range
Rarely it may be helpful to remove some item of clothing to more closely inspect an area. You consent is required, and you will have every opportunity to refuse
Assessment is done live online and is free of charge

Online Yoga For Healthy Spine
Booking Instructions
- Single Class
Simply select a date / single class and proceed to checkout
- Blocks Of 4
Select a date for your first class.
You’ll be allocated a place on 4 consecutive weeks from your chosen start date, subject to availability
You can change all dates up to 24 hours before your class: contact Manuel via the contact form or email him on
cranial-osteopath@hotmail.com
Block bookings are valid for 6 weeks from the date of your first class
BOOK YOUR PLACE
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To pay with a Dr or Cr card choose the grey Check Out button in the PayPal shopping cart and enter your details
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Practicalities
When buying a block of classes you’ll be allocated a place on 4 consecutive weeks from your chosen start date, subject to availability. You can change all dates up to 24 hours before your class
Bookings are valid for 6 weeks from the date of your first class
Zoom
Online classes are run on Zoom. You’ll need to download the free app
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