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Here come the boys and the girls modelling all the postures out of Joy's latest book The Yoga for Back Pain Toolkit. Many of the models are recovered victims from back pain. You can download this screensaver for FREE. Its educational, artistic and fun. Find out how at yogaforbackpain.com [yogaforbackpain.com]

A fantastic, beautiful and and educational screensaver modelled by recovered Yoga for Back Pain students. If you would like to download a FREE copy of this screensaver go to
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A story about a young woman who had significant success in treating her pain that was associated with complex regional pain syndrome, CRPS. Interx therapy is available at yogaforbackpain.com [yogaforbackpain.com] and can significantly reduce or even eliminate back pain.

This powerful electro-stimulation pain machine often works where everything else has failed.

Many of Joy's patients are amazed by the results. Joy believes Interx is one of the most effective and consistent modalities she's ever used. There is scientific and clinical evidence to support its' application.

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These are some conditions that Interx can treat

Acute and chronic pain, muscle pain, arthritis pain, neck pain, joint pain, scoliosis, lower back pain, upper back pain, sciatic pain, leg pain and hip pain, muscle spasms, dance and sports injuries. Muscular and ligament strains, shoulder impingement, rotator cuff injury, piriformis syndrome. Workplace related injuries: Neck and lower back pain, disc problems, frozen shoulder, sciatica, Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) etc

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Emancipate yourself with some yoga for back pain classes. These postures will significantly help to reduce or even eradicate your back pain. Go to yogaforbackpain.com [yogaforbackpain.com] to find out more information.

"Having lumbered myself 6 months ago with Achilles tendonitis to add to my long-standing chronic lower back problems, I became a somewhat reluctant convert to yoga practice on the basis that 'something had to be done and there was nothing to lose'. Joy's class-based yoga practice finds me no longer a reluctant convert but a keen advocate! Downward dog sorted the tendonitis over time and the very doable range of poses, stretches and yoga breathing has fixed the back pain along with attention to posture in everyday situations. One night of slouching or sitting unsupported does allow the back to remind me it's still there, but at least I now have a way of addressing it through a few simple poses.

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The toolkit has been great to sustain the effort out of class with the Summary of Positions in Module 3, being an ideal reminder and the Example Lessons an ever handy tool to use at home. I am very much looking forward to the voice-over version especially to help the breathing along. Attention to posture, weekly yoga classes and the convenience of the Yoga for Back Pain Toolkit have proved a solution for me, as well as providing an enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle change."

Stuart Strathdee
London UK

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Yoga for Back Pain Workshops at joyogastudio.com [joyogastudio.com] can help to significantly reduce or eradicate back pain. For further information go to yogaforbackpain.com [yogaforbackpain.com] where there are many options available.

Just to let you know I am feeling great after today's "Yoga for Back Pain" workshop. I was surprised how quickly the time went, and very pleasantly impressed that - with one-to-one help - I could achieve so much more mobility just by lying down, breathing and stretching! Thank you!

Felicity Astroulakis

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See how Lloyd got his life back and returned to Squash and Football after doing Yoga for Back Pain exercises.

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Coming to Joy's Thursday classes and introducing me to your teacher, Mary Stewart, made a difference to my physical wellbeing that I will always be grateful for. I'd always been really fit and played football and squash on a regular basis, however, about 15 years ago I developed an acute back problem that was so crippling, I couldn't even touch my toes. As for playing football -- well forget that!

At that time, just sitting still on a chair was a challenge. When you saw how much pain I was in, you encouraged me to come to your yoga class, but I was sceptical. However, the pain got so bad that I decided to give yoga a try. After all, I thought, what have I got to lose? One night, it was so bad, I decided, I would just turn up at the class.

I have to admit, initially, it was a real challenge. I couldn't do half the things that others in the class could manage. However, as I got to know the group, I realised that everyone had their own individual problems, and they encouraged me to keep at it.

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It wasn't easy confronting my limitations, and it was hard for someone like me, whose buzz was high performance sports, to be patient in terms of results. However, Joy created an environment which was supportive and friendly and we learned how to help each other and had fun too. Over the years the class became a really important part of my life, and this was completely unexpected. To my surprise, I found myself wanting to practice on my own, and even to this day, I still practice and enjoy the benefits it brings.

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Attending your Thursday class Joy, completely changed my life, for the better, and allowed me to return to playing high performance sports e.g. squash and football, which I still play today. It's a tribute to your teaching that you inspired me to take yoga into my life and make it work for me.

Lloyd Douglas
Social Worke

See how Linda got her life back after crippling sciatica. She was sceptical at first but now is a massive fan of yoga.

I didn't really have any serious back problems until I was pregnant aged 28, when I developed sciatica. All through the pregnancy I was in pain and limping. After my daughter was born things eased up for a short while but all that lifting and carrying a baby brought the problem back with a vengeance. I had constant lower back pain and pains shooting up and down my legs. One day when I was out the pain was so bad I couldn't walk and had to sit on the pavement till it eased off. I went straight to the local accident and emergency department. 'Mm' said the doctor, 'Sciatica'. 'So what do I do?' I said fully expecting some 'cure'. Bed rest was the only suggestion. Lie down..... a lot!

With two stepsons, a baby and a full time job that was out of the question. Then I started to talk to my sister Joy. 'Try coming to my yoga class' she suggested.
That was over 20 years ago and as the cliché says, I never looked back. I found that doing yoga each week kept all my symptoms at bay and for someone who was not athletic it was the kind of exercise I could manage. It also offered a fantastic feel good factor at the end of each session. I am a social work manager and I have always had a really stressful job, much of the time is spent sitting in meetings or at a PC. The feeling I got by the end of the class was indescribably wonderful. I would walk in tense, face set, restless, and walk out energised, relaxed and laughing.

Over the years I've also continued to use the exercises, whether I have attended a regular class or practiced at home to be my own back doctor.
Recently, after 3 massive stints at the computer I was in agony and couldn't think straight. Then I went home, got the mat out, a blanket, a heat pad; I laid on the mat, covered myself up and just breathed and stretched, stretched and breathed. After a while I was able to do more demanding exercises. All day I kept reheating the pad and intermittently doing the back exercises. I could feel my muscles uncoiling and the pain easing. After a good night's sleep I woke up and can you believe it, the pain had gone.

Over the years I haven't always kept up the discipline of going to a class, I've put on a lot of weight and done all the things you shouldn't do! But yoga has rescued me time and time again. Whatever else, I have gone each year on a yoga week and this has recharged me and helped me focus again. The great thing is I always know it's there and it's never failed me yet.

If it wasn't for Joy introducing me to yoga I would have been in really serious trouble. Since then I have recommended it to so many people and everyone I know who took it up has found it healing and life changing. So try it you've nothing to lose and so much to gain.

Linda Daley
Social Worker