Yoga For Backs Worked, Says Raj

Lower back, upper back, and neck yoga fixed Raj’s back. In addition, yoga for middle back pain, as well as yoga for hips, hamstrings, and lower back, were a huge help. Below, Raj tells his story of a major spinal accident. To fix it, nothing else worked but yoga. Check out his powerful story of recovery via yoga. There’s also more in his video that you can see below. It’s the best “yoga for back pain classes near me” you’ll find. So try a half price 10-class pack for newcomers (plus 2 free classes when you buy it). Or see more below.

Raj’s return from almost total paralysis

Here is Raj’s story about how Flametree’s yoga program fixed his back, via yoga for back, neck & shoulders.

“A lifting accident totally wrecked my back.
In my twenties, I was running my own trucking business in Canada.
In Canada, I was working in MINUS 40 degree centigrade temperatures. Apparently, that made back injuries more likely.
In my lower spine, I got a major slipped disk. (It’s also called a ruptured disk, or a herniated disk). It also led to sciatica, or pain from the sciatic nerve.

I was totally incapacitated.

For several years, I could do almost nothing for myself.
I could not lift my child, and sometimes could not even go to the toilet by myself.
People even thought I was just a paternalistic male because my wife had to do so much for me.
I lost my business and my home. The family then had to live in a windowless, tiny basement for several years. 

Raj shows some simple yoga poses that fixed his back, including yoga for middle back pain, & more

BEGINNER yoga HALF price 10-pack, including lower & upper back and neck yoga, including 2 free classes.

NON-BEGINNER yoga: Including lower & upper back and neck yoga,  30 days for $14.95 (AUD).

Raj continues his story:

Physios, doctors, and osteos could do nothing for me.
Medication for the pain seriously damaged my liver and gave me kidney stones.
The doctor said surgery had a low chance of helping, and could even make things much worse… likely paralysis! 
Steroid shots helped me move a bit, but were not a long-term solution.

Depression set in.

Depression set in; not only due to what I had lost, but because I faced ongoing major disability for life. 
One piece of advice that helped was to try a warmer climate than Canada.
I had done university in Queensland, so we headed for Australia.
My wife got a six-month job in Darwin… but I was still largely bedridden. 

Luckily, I met a teacher from Flametree Yoga. 
She insisted I had to try the sort of yoga she was doing at Flametree Yoga Studio in Woolner, Darwin.
I resisted because all my life yoga to me was a myth. Its immense healing capacity was unknown to me.

I knew little about yoga’s many benefits.
After many months of ignoring the teacher’s advice, I finally joined the Flametree Beginner Yoga classes.
I didn’t want to go. I had to take a big deep breath, and just give a try to yoga for backs, neck and shoulders. 
Chris Lalor, the Principal Teacher & Yoga Therapist, while I was in each class, would give me customised modifications to the beginner postures.

The modified postures stopped me hurting myself, (says Raj)

The postures also quickly worked on building movement, strength, and flexibility. 
The postures started with simple poses like Half Angle and other ones that you can see in the pictures & video with this story. 
With yoga, I started on a journey has led me back to an almost normal life.
I now have two thriving businesses and a happy family life.
My wife has also started yoga. We’re interested in all the special benefits it has for women.
After starting yoga, I slowly realised “I can get better”.

My mental blues lifted.

I did the Flametree Beginner classes two to three times a week.
Then I moved steadily into Flametree’s higher levels of yoga classes. These days I do a mix of their Intermediate and Experienced classes.
And after about four years of classes, yoga has become a regular part of my life, with classes either during the day or evening.
I love the passion about yoga that comes through in Chris Lalor’s teaching, and yoga for back, neck & shoulders. 

I give the whole credit to my recovery to yoga…and especially the Iyengar style of yoga I’m learning at Flametree.
Apart from my now recovered physical abilities, I am now light and full of joy at the world around me. 
Yoga fixed my back and my head! 
Try it for the at least 117 conditions that yoga has been proven to help… even if it is “just” preserving your magnificent self from each year of increasing stiffness or expanding waistline!“

Yoga for back pain with easy, gentle postures.

The fascia throughout your body is a key reason why yoga works so well. The nerve endings in fascia also helps explain why back issues can be so painful.

Flametree has a large beginner timetable of LIVE online & in-studio classes.

Flametree teaches genuine, modern classical yoga that fully delivers all the many benefits of yoga. It gets you into the correct positions to naturally help your body and mind work to heal you, and maximise your potential.

Please consider the Back Care Yoga Special Focus class at 7pm every Wednesday (Darwin, Australia local time). The poses taught will include yoga for necks, shoulders, middle back, upper back, hips, hamstrings, and lower back.

Try it via the 10 pass deal at the orange link below.

BEGINNER yoga HALF price 10-pack, including lower & upper back and neck yoga, including 2 free classes.

NON-BEGINNERS: Including yoga for middle back pain, lower back & more. 30 days for $14.95 (AUD).

Back Yoga taught by a Senior Yoga Teacher

Backcare Yoga, and Gentle Yoga, are taught by certified Senior Yoga Teacher & Yoga Therapist, Chris Lalor.

Chris has over 25 years teaching yoga. She is among a group of the more senior and experienced teachers in Australia. Her knowledge, teacher and experience is signified by the fact that she is part of a group that certifies the training of other Iyengar yoga teachers in Australia.

In Chris Lalor’s Back or Gentle Yoga classes, you are in getting the benefit of her huge yoga teaching skills.

Other easy classes, also taught by Chris, that are especially suitable for those with back issues, yoga for hips hamstrings and lower back, are these:

• Gentle Yoga class on Fridays at 10.15am, and
• Easy Restorative Yoga class at 4pm on Saturdays.

Plus, here’s more about how Backcare Yoga, Gentle Yoga, and Easy Restorative Yoga work together as easy, gentle, introductory yoga.

Special Focus classes are useful to all beginners, even though they have a particular focus.

LIVE online or in-studio classes

All classes are LIVE online and in-studio.

LIVE online means you can see and hear the teacher, and get on the spot guidance.

You can also turn off your own video if you wish. So this means you can see and hear the teacher, but nobody can see you!

If you want someone to talk you through getting started online, please contact the Customer Service Team. The contacts are also on the bottom right of this web site page, or via the Help & chat button.

Because it’s online & in-studio, it’s the best “yoga for back pain classes near me” you’ll find.

Learn more, or get started with lower & upper back, and neck, yoga

Here’s another story about how yoga helped Susie’s lower back pain.

There’s also more information on the weekly Back Care class, including about yoga for hips hamstrings and lower back.

Or see other options like Gentle Yoga, Restorative Yoga, higher yoga levels, OR our beginner yoga video courses.

Or use one of the generous introductory deals below to give yoga a try… for whatever you need from it.

BEGINNER yoga HALF price 10-pack, including lower & upper back and neck yoga, including 2 free classes.

NON-BEGINNERS: Including yoga for middle back pain, lower back & more. 30 days for $14.95 (AUD).

Join Raj (pictured) on getting back outcomes that can change your life.

BEGINNER yoga HALF price 10-pack, including lower & upper back and neck yoga, including 2 free classes.

NON-BEGINNER yoga: Including lower & upper back and neck yoga,  30 days unlimited for $14.95 (AUD).