Author: Yoga with Gail Pickens-Barger

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RestoraFlow Yoga. Sequences to help ease upper and lower back pain by Sara Varona

 

Restoraflow Yoga Sequence for Easing back pain. Gentle Yoga for Low Back Care with Gail.
Restoraflow Yoga Sequence for Easing back pain. Gentle Yoga for Low Back Care with Gail.

Sara Varona, of BuildYourYogaBusiness.com created this sequence to assist in easing your lower and upper back pain. She gave me permission to post it on my display at my recent Yoga Booth at a Health Fair.

She also shows on her website, the different things that she does in helping a client in their private yoga practice. Here is her video listed at the end of this specific ezine going through the poses pictured on the right.

I took lots of notes, taught these sequences to my various yoga classes, and people noticed how much better their backs felt after going through the sequences. It is a 40 minute google video, to get your pen an pencil ready, take notes, practice and come back and back to this wonderful sequence of yoga poses.

The model in the photos is one of my daughters. She is in the process of training to be a yoga teacher. She is already a wonderful Ballet teacher. She has also taught tap, modern, jazz and creative dance.

Enjoy!

Yoga Gear & Props Sewing Patterns – Pinterest Site

Yoga Gear & Props Sewing Patterns – Pinterest Site

http://pinterest.com/yogawithgaileee/yoga-sewing-patterns/

Zafu Star Pillows - Yoga with Gail Pickens-Barger
Zafu Star Pillows – Yoga with Gail Pickens-Barger

Getting a bit back into sewing these days.  Need to get out the serger and cover stitch machine!  Woo!

Sewing your own yoga gear. My nice long yoga mat bag from upholstery material, plus yoga straps for the handles. Zafu Meditation seat cushions (pillows) made from denim. I’ve had the mediation pillows for year, they have held up nicely! Yoga with Gail. 409-727-3177
The original “eye pod” eye pillow. A seam down the middle assists in lessen pressure on the bridge of the nose

Yoga with Gail Pickens-Barger

Teaching 20 years! Yoga with Gail

Teaching now 20 years! Yoga with Gail

20 years?

Where did the time go by?

I had retired from the IT department at DuPont, and continued to take computer classes at the University of Houston – Victoria, plus take all the PE classes at Victoria College.

I took the first offered yoga class at the university.

After my final exam in that class, which was a teach-back yoga class, along with my team, my yoga teacher told me that she liked my sequences and should become a yoga teacher.

The following month in my hometown at that time, YogaFit International Training Systems came to town and presented their Level 1 training. Soon afterwards I was teaching and taking additional training to get my 200 hours.

I was the first graduate of YogaFit’s 200-hour teacher training program (other than their trainers).

I remember one day, back in Victoria, I taught 5 classes in one day.

I soon racked up the teaching hours to get to the experienced level, then after moving to the Nederland/Port Neches, Texas area, took additional training from Lex Gillan at the Yoga Institute in Houston, to complete my 500-hour training.

I’ve enjoyed teaching for so many different places and studios and independently. Thank you.

  • Citizens HealthPlex
  • DeTar Healthcare System
  • GymX24 hour
  • Lotus Yoga Studio of Victoria
  • Victoria Ballet Theatre @ Debbe Busby School of Dance
  • Chandler Elementary School in Victoria, Texas
  • University of Houston-Victoria
  • National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  • Christus HWC
  • YMCA of Southeast Texas, Port Arthur Branch
  • Nederland High School in Nederland, Texas
  • Exygon Health and Fitness Club
  • Golden Triangle Yoga
  • Yoga Vibe TX
  • Yoga at Wesley UMC in Nederland, Texas
  • Friday Gentle Yoga at the Lakeside Best Years Center Beaumont Texas
  • 12NewsNow and more!
  • Now teaching online and in-person for the Veterans Yoga Project and No Longer Limited Duty

20 years of teaching yoga! Yoga with Gail Pickens-Barger

20 years! #yogawithgaileee

Benefits of the Yogic Sleep Method

Benefits of the Yogic Sleep Method

Here’s a link to a recent Yoga Nidra that I posted on SoundCloud. Enjoy

Yoga Nidra for better sleep.

Yoga Nidra for better sleep.

Yoga Sleep, Ease Stress, Less Pain, & Better Quality Sleep
Yoga Sleep, Ease Stress, Less Pain, & Better Quality Sleep

Wednesdays 6:15 PM Gentle Yoga for Low Back Pain At Nederland’s Wesley UMC.

  • a yoga mat
  • a strap, or dog leash, long scarf or tie
  • a yoga block or rolled up two hand towels
  • a blanket (optional)
  • a chair (optional)
  • access to a wall or hard surface

Beginners Yoga Gentle Yoga for easing back pain, lessening stress, and increasing flexibility and strength, while enjoying the yogic sleep method for better sleep in your life!  We use the yoga sleep method to further enhance better sleep and sometimes less pain while sleeping.

Don’t like to get down on the floor?  Chair Yoga Class.  Then this class is for you with all the same great benefits of the beginner yoga class. Help your heart health with this unique chair yoga fitness class.  Contact Gail to get access to these classes!

Call Gail at 409-727-3177 with your yoga questions about these classes and more!

Beginners Yoga for easing back pain

Beginners Yoga for easing back pain

Yoga Basics - Gentle Yoga Postures to ease back pain
Yoga Basics – Gentle Yoga Postures to ease back pain
Grab your
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Yoga mat
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Block or two rolled up hand towels
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Strap or dog/cat leash or long bath towel
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Blanket
•
Optional access to a wall or chair
Gentle postures for easing back pain.
The Veterans that I teach regularly on Wednesdays on the Mindbody app, through the Veterans Yoga Project had this to say about the Beginners Back Yoga class that I teach.
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“My pain levels were at the top at level 10. After class, my pain levels were at a level 6, which is so much easier for me to handle. Thank you.”
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Another Veteran shared this, “I came into the class at a level of 6. Near the end of the class, I could feel the easing of pain and I’d say I was at a level of 2. I will be repeating this class!”
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Sign up for a Mindbody account, through the VYP portal at:
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https://veteransyogaproject.org/vyp-classes
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Then “Book” the Wednesday class at 1 PM CST to gain access to this gentle yoga class. #freeyoga

Grab your..

•Yoga mat•Block or two rolled up hand towels

•Strap or dog/cat leash or long bath towel

•Blanket

•Optional access to a wall or chair

Gentle postures for easing back pain. The Veterans that I teach regularly on Wednesdays on the Mindbody app, through the Veterans Yoga Project had this to say about the Beginners Back Yoga class that I teach.

•”My pain levels were at the top at level 10. After class, my pain levels were at a level 6, which is so much easier for me to handle. Thank you.”

•Another Veteran shared this, “I came into the class at a level of 6. Near the end of the class, I could feel the easing of pain and I’d say I was at a level of 2. I will be repeating this class!”

•Sign up for a Mindbody account, through the VYP portal at:

•https://veteransyogaproject.org/vyp-classes

•Then “Book” the Wednesday class at 1 PM CST to gain access to this gentle yoga class. #freeyoga