Yoga for a Happy Back: A Teacher's Guide to Spinal Health through Yoga Therapy

So I have not read this book yet but was blessed to have the opportunity to take one of Rachel's classes over the weekend at the San Diego Yoga Festival. I am a yoga teacher myself and Rachel was able to clear up some posture cueing misconceptions that is really essential for keeping a healthy supportive spine. I am really looking forward to diving into this book as I'm sure her class was just a little taste of her knowledge.

I have practiced yoga for years but was still in tremendous back and hip pain. Rachel's book showed me all the mistakes I was making and put me on the path to wellness. Nothing short of life changing.This book is suitable for teachers and students. Beginners and advanced. I can't recommend it highly enough.

A very useful book for those of us teaching yoga. Good advice and suggestions

Fantastic book!

I was looking for a yoga routine that would not hurt my arthritic back, wrong! Days in pain, my Dr. says don't do it. Just walk.

Rachel Krentzman is one of my teachers and she is very knowledgable in the area of anatomy. She is a Physical Therapist and College of Purna Yoga graduate, taught by master teacher, Aadil Palkivala. She has been certified by Aadil in his, 2000 hr. certification program. In her book, Yoga for a Happy Back, she provides case studies of her past clients so that yoga teachers and students can learn tools to heal the body and mind with an understanding of the body, its' limitations and functions and ways to build traction in order to decompress areas that cause pain from age, injury and daily wear and tear. Rachel created a chapter on how to teach and practice with the yoga walls for safe spinal traction and twisting. (Reversing the aging of the spine, as created by Aadil Palkivala). Every yoga teacher and student needs to have this amazing resource on their shelf and available for their students to reference too. Rachel opens up about her life, her passions and how they infuse her practice and teaching.

I love this book, I can learn a lot of for apply with my patients and my students, this is a book that I can recommend it definitely, Thanks from Peru!!!

My friend recommended that I read this book to help me with chronic back pain and sciatica. I'm so happy I did. I learned many new stretches that are helping me out. The pictures are fantastic and stories are inspiring as well.

Suffering from back and hip problems for years, i've read tons of books on the subject. This one of the best, with a lot of explanations on the causes of pain and what to do to avoid them. I personally appreciated that the book was well documented and with case studies to illustrate. I did like the fact that psychological/stress causes are also mentioned and dealt with, which is still pretty scarce in that kind of books. Too bad it is not translated into french !

I'm surprised that this book does not have more 5 STAR reviews. I think it is one of the best books on yoga, especially if you suffer from bad back and want to learn more about spine and core. I love Rachel's way of writing and she clearly knows her stuff. I have had a bad back for many years and I've learned so much from this book. I use it often to decide which exercises to do, depending on how my back feels. I feel so much better already and I've only been using Rachel's guidance for 2 weeks. I would like to thank Rachel from the bottom of my heart - this book has changed my life. I should also add that I'm not a yoga teacher or a yogi, just an average (inflexible) person with an office job who has chronic back pain. I bought this book out of desperation because I was in pain most of the time. I wanted to learn how to help myself, and I have found this book invaluable.

Excellent book for those looking for solutions to "Back issues, and also for those wishing to avoid them.The importance of the "hips" and how they relate to the lower back is very interesting, with many practical "tips".I liked in particular, the Chapter on "Traction" and how this can be used to help resolve "back imbalances".If you know about "Yoga" & Physical therapy (even if you do not), one can tell Rachel has been well taught.

A really good book for Yoga teachers and experienced students - not for beginners. Its comprehensive, thought through and well written.

Well illustrated and it goes a little further than most back pain books, yet it doesn't loose you in science.