UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine1545 Divisadero St. 5th Floor, Room 526
San Francisco, CA 94115
The Therapeutic Yoga Series for Upper Back, Shoulders & Neck is a 5 week class series for students of all levels and abilities, with instruction in yoga poses, basic anatomy, breathing practices, and deep relaxation to help alleviate chronic pain and tension in the upper back, shoulders and neck. Learn ways to release tension, increase postural awareness and build strength from the bottom up. Balance stabilty and mobility, and free your upper body for greater ease of movement and relief. Wake up th upper back, and counteract the slump of "keyboard shoulders" and "text neck". Find your postural awareness and presence through alignment: therapeutic yoga, undulation, and somatics: andd breathing and relaxation.
Good for: tense or tight shoulders and neck, tension headaches, forward head position.