This is a short video that is simple and easy to do.

Success in Self-Healing, like All Success in Yoga, comes from learning to relax in a position and come within.

As you progress and become better at this, stay in the pose for longer periods of time.

Not motivated enough to practice?

Do you think this doesn’t work?

Check out these related articles:

Heal Your Back Now!

How Alida Overcame the Pain and Spinal Misalignment of Scoliosis 

Comment by Aron B on my About page

And, of course, you can always practice these VIDEO Clips:

Self-Heal Your Back Pain Yoga VIDEO Pt 1 

Self-Heal Your Back Pain Yoga VIDEO Pt 2

Do you have the urge to comment? Look below.

Here is Part 2 of the Back Healing Yoga Poses.

These yoga poses don’t have to be done in any particular order.

If you have very much pain, you may not be ready for every pose at first.

Experiment.

Find the yoga poses that feel the best to you.

Do those, and you will be on your way.

Eventually, you will be able to do all of these Yoga Poses.

Here is the link for Part 1: Self-Heal Your Back Pain Yoga VIDEO Pt 1

These Video Clips are taken from my Heal Your Back Now! DVD.

If you don’t want to spend the money for the DVD, stay tuned. More FREE Video Clips from the DVD will be here soon.

Thank you for giving me this opportunity to serve you.

Namasté………Norman

In my classes, on my blog, and by email several people have asked for some help with lower back and hip pain.

I have pulled this clip from my Heal Your Back Now! DVD.

This is Part 1, which means I will be posting more video clips from the DVD.

Don’t think that because this is so simple and easy that you won’t get a lot of benefit from it.

I use this method in Yoga Therapy to teach students how to

• Relax
• Lower Blood Pressure
• Reduce Swelling and Inflammation
• Heal Back and Joint Pain
• Learn the Proper Attitude to Practice the Yoga Postures and Meditation

For success stories with this method, check out this post: Heal Your Back Now! and this Comment.

Feel free to leave comments below and let me know how this is working for you, and what you need.

I will be expanding the Videos and Posts on Back and Hip Healing.

Do you need more help? Move videos? More explanation?

Just let me know. Here is the link to Part 2.

Thank you for giving me this opportunity to serve you,

Namasté……..Norman

If you spend much time at all sitting, you will enjoy the wonderful feeling that comes when you loosen up your back with this Seated Spinal Twist.

This video clip is less than 5 minutes long. 

If you feel like you don’t have this much time, consider that once you learn this, you can get benefit and enjoyment in a less- than-2-minutes twist.

The Spinal Twist Loosens up the Back and Spine, Improves Flexibility and Circulation, Removes Fatigue, Relaxes Muscle Pain and Tension, Refreshes the Mind, and Always Feels Good.

If this twist makes you feel better, why not try out some of the other FREE Videos Clips on this site?

They are of great benefit since they specifically help to alleviate many of the negative effects of the sedentary lifestyle that is so prevalent in modern living.

The Good News: These videos are Very Easy to Do, and they Feel So Good.

Most of the video clips are from my Easy Yoga for Home, Office & Studio DVD.

This is a very simple, easy-to-do video to help you loosen up your back, hips and legs.

Be very gentle, move slowly without forcing,  and you will reduce tightness, tension, and pain.

This video clip is taken from my Easy Yoga for Home, Office & Studio DVD.

Guest writer Mark Du Bois practices Kriya Yoga and is a member of Paramahansa Yogananda’s Self-Realization Fellowship.

Norm,

I just read the article and comments regarding Danielle’s knee problems. It’s nice to hear of others successes using the techniques you provide to students.

I have been experiencing some knee problems myself recently.

I was an athlete in school and a golf professional during the late 60′s to the early 70′s, so I used to get plenty of exercise and in general, was in excellent health.

Due to some back problems, I began practicing hatha yoga under your supervision in the mid 80′s.

I attribute my somewhat irregular practice of hatha yoga for continuing good health through the 80′s and 90′s.

I began playing golf again in the early 2000′s and always walked when I played. This was excellent exercise and I supplemented it with the occasional practice of hatha yoga.

In 2005 for financial reasons, I quit playing golf again and for the last few years, I have made a good part of my income from eBay and thus,

I have been spending a lot of hours sitting at the computer… and getting very little exercise.

I am now what some call a “fidgeter”…because the only exercise I seem to get is “fidgeting” while sitting at the computer!

I know this is detrimental to my health and as I get older (I’m now 64) I am beginning to see the results of about five years of sitting all day (and often deep into the night) without much exercise except shuffling to the other side of my office to photograph an item to list on eBay! Not the healthiest lifestyle!

This brings me to the main point of this comment. I have been experiencing similar pain in my knees to what Danielle describes in her comments.

I notice this primarily in my left knee because I seem to have developed the habit of crossing my left ankle over my right ankle while sitting at the computer. This allows my left knee to “dangle” to the left thus putting sideways pressure on the left knee as it sort of twists to the left.

I don’t notice pain until I move my legs (often after a very long period of time) and realize that the movement causes intense pain on both sides of my left knee due to stiffness.

And as a side note, I had rheumatic fever as a child and was diagnosed with “fibromyalgia” in my 40′s by an orthopedic surgeon, so I am not a stranger to inflammation.

Finally, the knee pain became too much for me to ignore ( I have a high tolerance for pain) and I realized that I needed to start getting some exercise, eating healthier and doing some hatha yoga again.

After just a few sessions of hatha, my knee pain went away almost entirely.

…and lately, even when I make the mistake of allowing myself to fall back into the habit of crossing my legs while “computering” my life away, there is no pain!

Then, several weeks ago, out of nowhere, your email came with the knee stretching and strengthening exercises! Since then, I have been doing them sporadically and they have increased my flexibility.

Plus, I no longer wake up with intense pain in my knees at night.

In short, I recommend to anyone with knee problems to try some hatha yoga, especially the forward bending positions which stretch the muscles and ligaments on the sides and back of the legs.

I hope students who read this blog will take every advantage of the very simple techniques you demonstrate on the knee video.

To the novice, they may appear so simple that one might think they couldn’t possibly produce any positive results.

To the contrary, if practiced with concentration they can work wonders! They are truly priceless!

I have been to my share of orthopedic doctors and surgeons in my life and what I have found is that they generally prefer to treat the symptoms with pills and the scalpel.

Occasionally I have found one or two who suggested stretching exercises…and I have even heard them say, “just do it while you’re watching TV”!

But mindlessly stretching while watching TV is one thing, and hatha yoga is yet another, because when practicing hatha yoga one actively uses the mind to concentrate the energy on the particular body part.

With your body calm and your mind calm and concentrated, you send life giving energy to the injured or weak cells. That’s when the real healing and strengthening take place.

The human body is an amazing machine and it can do miraculous things, including healing almost any infirmity.

But it works best when we actively engage our mind and energy into the process.

My sincere hope is that many others in need of healing are directed here. And once here, I hope many open the door to the mind using the keys which you provide to all through this wonderful blogsite.

Those who take advantage of your decades of experience in healthful living through hatha yoga and holistic, natural living will be ever so grateful. I know I am!

Thank you so much, Norm, for all you have done for me and for all you continue to do to help others!

Namasté
Mark Du Bois
Bisbee, Arizona

This video clip will give you some simple exercises to improve the health of your Shoulders, Hands, Fingers, Wrists, Upper Back, and Chest.

If you spend a lot of time on a computer, drive a car, paint, make jewelry,  sculpt, or work at any other kind of repetitive task, you probably experience tension, fatigue, and maybe some pain as a result of the overuse of a part of your body.

Practicing these techniques can help to prevent and reverse Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) and Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI).

This only takes a few minutes of your time, but can make a big difference in how much better you will feel.

Remember: The Key to Success in this, and any other yoga practice, is in the doing. Practice.

Practice Frequently for best results.

This video is a clip from my 70 minute DVD, Easy Yoga for Home, Office & Studio.

News for those of you in Mexico who use Telmex Prodigy Infinitum as your internet service provider (ISP): Telmex has finally unblocked your access to my two USA parked websites,  www.YogaNorman.com  and my blog at  www.slyoga.com  and it has only taken them four months to correct the problem. So if you are using Telmex for your internet service, you can now go onto my sites once again.

If you are wondering how I can live in Mexico and tolerate waiting four months to get a problem solved by the telephone company, my answer is “At least I didn’t shovel any snow this winter.”

Namaste’……..Norm

“Yoga exercises, the postures or asanas of Hatha Yoga, are an excellent means of adjusting the spinal vertebrae to release the pressure on the spinal nerves and bring about the normal flow of life force in the nervous system, promoting healing of many diseases.” – Paramahansa Yogananda, Page 417 in The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You

One of the most satisfying aspects of Yoga Therapy for me is to teach people how to heal themselves of chronic and/or severe back pain. Often they have been suffering for many years and have not found a solution.

A few days ago I received this email with the subject:

Healing Story

Dear Mr. Popovsky,

I am writing to you to inform you of another success story that merged from your DVD “Heal Your Back Now!”.

I have an acquaintance in the building where I work, I saw him a week or so ago, looking at him I felt something was definitely wrong so I ask him, he said ” Trevor, my back is killing me, has been killing me for a long time and it is getting worse and worse, the doctors don’t understand what is wrong, but they say surgery “might” help”.

Needless to say, I told him about your DVD, but I said there is only one catch, by just getting the DVD won’t help, you have to do it and you have to practice according Mr. Popovsky instructions on the tape.

He said “Please when can I have it”. It was Friday the 10th when we had this conversation.

Two days later, on Monday, I gave him the DVD… and very next day in the afternoon I saw him. He was walking with confidence, so I ask him how he felt.

He said “It is unreal, I feel great! there is no more pain, I even took the braces off (I didn’t know he was wearing braces) and I am getting ready to play tennis again”.

Asked him “how long did you practice” he answered “Three hours non stop”.

When I saw him again few days later, he said “I did play tennis with someone who always beats me. This time I was able to beat him”.

Now this guy is not a praying type, but his last words were “I been praying for you guys every day”.

I thought you would be interested in hearing this story.

IDF,

Trevor Pilibosian

Because I am well aware of how valuable success stories such as this can be to inspire others to practice and succeed in healing themselves with yoga, I asked Mr. Pilibosian if he would be comfortable allowing me to publish his email on this blog and in emails that I send out. Here is his response.

By all means, I am very comfortable with the idea of you using my letter in any way you may wish. Because I am convinced that with your DVDs you are doing much good and helping many people that couldn’t be helped otherwise. Especially what you have done with “Heal Your Back Now!“ DVD only good results can come from it. IT is so thoughtful and so well planned with such keen common sense and deep knowhow and intuitive feelings that whoever applies it will benefit from it, providing they do the exercises correctly according to the instructions.

I know this first hand. I didn’t have any serious back problem but I did have light lower and upper back pain that made me uncomfortable. When I did the exercises as instructed on your DVD the results were immediate. not only my pains were gone but my whole body was relaxed and felt good. Because of this every time I see someone suffering with this type of pain I highly recommend your DVD and whoever have used it the results have been immediate.

One such case was my niece. She was suffering from a back pain, she has been going to massage therapist and chiropractors on and off for a long time, they all have helped but few days later she was in pain again.

Finally I was able to convince her to apply the exercises that are on “Heal Your Back Now!“ DVD.

The very next day she comes in smiling and dancing, she was feeling so good she couldn’t contain herself, and the best part was she didn’t have to go anywhere to get the therapy, she could do it right in her own house… anytime.

In Master’s Love and divine friendship,

Trevor Pilibosian   www.anidiamonddesigns.com

Mr. Pilibosian is a member of Self-Realization Fellowship and a group leader in Paramahansa Yogananda’s How-to-Live Program at the SRF Boys Youth Program Camp. He owns Ani Diamond Designs, in San Francisco CA.

Patience & A Big Note

The two people that Mr. Pilibosian gave the dvd to, as well as he himself, achieved pain-free results the first day. However, please note that the man Mr. Pilibosian talked about did “Three hours non stop”.

While I do tell people that they can expect a reduction in pain soon, usually in the first session, I do not say that the pain will be completely gone in the first session. If there is one thing I try to help all of my students to learn, it is patience.

As Bob Mullen, founder of Mullen Advertising in Phoeniz, Arizona once said to me, “You understand what you are in for when you try to teach patience to Americans, don’t you?”

“What do you mean?”

“Americans are people who believe that instant gratification takes too long.”

So along with, and as a part of, self-healing, I try to teach all my students Patience, without which there is no real progress in Yoga.

In fact, there is a saying in Yoga that goes, “The fastest progress in Yoga comes slowly.” But the good news is that it tends to be permanent.