Author: Yoga with Gail Pickens-Barger

YOGA WITH GAIL | Ease Chronic Pain + Increase Mobility Yogawithgaileee.com ChairYogaFitness.com Seated Tai Chi phone: (409)-727-3177 | email: yogawithgaileee@gmail.com | www.yogawithgaileee.com

Teaching Online Yoga Wednesdays at 1:00 PM Central Time.

Now teaching online at: 12 AM PT, 1 PM CST, 2 ET

Gentle Yoga with Gail Pickens-Barger. Yoga to help ease back pain, lessen stress, increase flexibility, build bones, better balance, and have higher quality sleep. Next class sign up. https://tinyurl.com/TueYogaGail
Gentle Yoga with Gail Pickens-Barger. Yoga to help ease back pain, lessen stress, increase flexibility, build bones, better balance, and have higher quality sleep. Next class sign up. https://tinyurl.com/TueYogaGail
Tuesday Yoga for Easing Back Pain with Gentle Beginners Yoga with Gail, in-person classes starting 3rd week of March 2022.
Tuesday Yoga for Easing Back Pain with Gentle Beginners Yoga with Gail

Interesting Study: New Study Adds Growing Evidence that Yoga and Meditation Can Reduce Chronic Pain. I can attest to that study, as it has helped me with my chronic back pain!

https://www.yogauonline.com/yoga-research/new-study-adds-growing-evidence-yoga-and-meditation-can-reduce-chronic-pain

The study echoes previous findings on the benefits of yoga and meditation for chronic pain published in 2016 in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association.

“The bottom line is that patients are seeking new ways to cope with chronic pain and effective non-pharmaceutical treatments are available,” says Dr. Marske. “Our findings show meditation and yoga can be a viable option for people seeking relief from chronic pain.”

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201001133227.htm

This just in. Yoga Eases Moderate to Severe Chronic Low Back Pain - Yoga with Gail
This just in. Yoga Eases Moderate to Severe Chronic Low Back Pain – Yoga with Gail
Check out one of my more popular class formats. Can be done seated on the chair, or on the yoga mat or on your couch or bed. Beginners simple movements.

Back Challenges – Easy Yoga for Back Relief

Overview of Back Care Yoga Class

Easy to do yoga movements, today’s class featuring postures for easing sciatica & kyphosis. Class will also promote healthy backs!
  • Gail teaches gentle yoga for back care, focusing on low back, upper back, mid-back and core.
  • Specific yoga postures are designed to ease back challenges and chronic daily pain.
  • Equipment needed: yoga strap and yoga block, although not mandatory for participation.
  • Recording of the class is provided for those who want to try with the gear later.
  • Class ends with guided rest, relaxation, and gratitude practice.

Adaptations for Different Needs

  • Participants can choose to stand, sit on a chair, or modify postures based on individual needs.
  • Constructive rest posture is recommended for reducing back challenges.
  • Seated Participants can also benefit from certain postures, with some adaptations required.
  • Various modifications are suggested to accommodate different levels of flexibility and comfort.
  • Participants are encouraged to listen to their bodies and adjust postures accordingly.

Yoga Postures for Back Care

Yoga postures for back care are specific poses designed to strengthen and stretch the muscles in the back, helping to improve posture, reduce pain, and increase flexibility. These poses target different areas of the back to promote overall spinal health and alleviate discomfort.

Constructive Rest Yoga Posture for Easing Back Pain.
Knee to Chest Sequence for Easing Back Pain. Yoga with Gail
Easing Back Pain with Overhead Extension Yoga Pose Sequence with Gail PB
Flowy Cat Cow Sequence Yoga Posture for easing back pain with teacher, Gail PB
Warrior Pose Variations for strength and lengthening of the lower body muscles. Yoga with Gail PB
Unsupported Spinal Twists and Bird Dog Spinal Balance Variations for easing back pain. Yoga Teacher Gail PB

Sciatica can be a real pain in the butt!

Check out my latest YouTube video to see if this beginners yoga class can ease some of your sciatica challenges. Always listen to your body, keep it between the easy and the ouch!

Easy to do yoga movements (poses or postures) for back relief. Today’s video features postures to easing sciatica and lessening kyphosis with a regular practice. Join Gail PB as she teaches this Beginners Yoga Class. Note: Can be done seated on the chair, or on the floor with your yoga mat.

Sciatica can be a real pain in the butt! Sciatica symptoms can be caused by compression of the sciatic nerve as it runs through the pelvis, adjacent – or sometimes through – the piriform muscle (Sciatic nerve entrapment, also called piriformis syndrome.) Sometimes the pain is localized in the butt, although it an manifest in different ways all the way down to the toes due to the branding nature of the sciatic nerve.

Favorite Yoga Poses from Summer 2009





So here I am in the Gobi desert in Mongolia, and you might say, I’m doing an excellent “Camel” pose.  Really trying to stay *on* the camel, that is…..

A photo of one of the Buddhist temples in the ancient capital city of Mongolia, Harhorin.

Photograph looking outwards from the Horse monument, just outside the city of Avairhkeer, Mongolia.

Lotus pose, near one of the demolished Buddhist temples several hours outside the current capital of “UB” Mongolia.

Warrior II with an obu (stone pile) in the background.

More can be seen on my Mongolian blog at
http://gaileeeadventure2mongolia.wordpress.com/

Yoga with Gaileee, E-RYT

Yoga in Beaumont & Nederland, Port Neches, Texas – Yoga Classes

Yoga in Beaumont & Nederland, Port Neches, Texas – Yoga Classes – 409-727-3177

I teach two classes for Lakeside Center, 150 Magnolia Street, Beaumont Texas.

Wednesdays at 11 AM the Chair Tai Chi with a Splash of Yoga

Fridays at 10:30 AM Yoga. Which can be done either seated on the chair, on the yoga mat, or standing behind the chair, when we do the standing postures.

Folks using their yoga mats, the walls, the chair, and tree pose seated on the chair too!
Love yoga!
  • NEW – In Person Tuesday Yoga . Starting Third Tuesday in March. Held at Wesley UMC, 3515 Helena Avenue, Nederland, Texas. $10 No longer teaching classes at Wesley Church in Nederland, Tx.
  • Every Wednesday – Free Beginners Yoga – gentle yoga for healthy backs class – sponsored by Veterans Yoga Project online. To gain access to this free class please visit Veterans Yoga Project website to create a free online studio account to take my Wednesday 1:00 PM Central Time Day light Time, yoga class. Have on hand a strap, block, yoga mat. Optional access to a chair or wall. You can use a long towel and a small pillow instead of a strap/block. Sign up HERE on Veterans Yoga Project.
  • Wednesdays at 11 am – Seated Chair Tai Chi with a Splash of Yoga at Lakeside!
  • Every Friday 10:30 AM – Beaumont Texas – In-Person beginners yoga class, held at the Best Years Lakeside Event Center in Beaumont. Free for Beaumont residents, non-residents pay $4 for this weekly class. Please come early first time to register at front desk and to fill out yoga registration form. If you have a yoga mat please bring it. There is yoga equipment, but it is first come, first served. Poses can also alternatively be done seated on the chair. Click on Lakeside Center and view the many activities provided!
Seated Chair Tai Chi
Yoga on FriYays
Some Seated options for Fall Prevention Yoga