Low Back Health: A Six-Week Online Series with Robin Rothenberg, C-IAYT
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Live Zoom calls: October 5 – November 9, 2026 Mondays, 4:00–6:30 PM PST
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Low Back Health: A Six-Week Online Series
Low back pain is one of the most common — and most misunderstood — conditions that yoga teachers and movement professionals encounter. This six-week live online series goes beyond generic "low back yoga" to give you a clinically informed, functionally grounded framework for understanding why backs hurt and what actually helps.
Drawing from Robin's Essential Low Back Pain (ELBP) training, each session targets a specific root cause of low back dysfunction, so you leave with practical tools you can apply immediately — whether you're supporting students in class, working one-on-one, or managing your own back health.
Course Outcomes
By the end of this series, participants will be able to:
- Recognize the role of breath in low back pain and use functional breathing cues to restore neutral pelvis and reduce protective tension
- Distinguish hypo-mobile from hyper-mobile presentations and adapt movement approaches accordingly — avoiding the common mistake of stretching what should be stabilized
- Identify sacroiliac (SI) dysfunction and understand how hypermobility patterns differ from stiffness-based pain, with appropriate interventions for each
- Assess and address pelvic imbalance as a contributing factor to chronic or recurring low back complaints
- Develop a framework for understanding scoliosis — understanding its structural and functional dimensions and how to safely modify movement for affected individuals
- Know when to refer — develop a clear clinical lens for recognizing presentations that require medical evaluation, and how to communicate effectively with healthcare providers
Whats Included?
- 6 live online sessions — each two hours, taught by Robin Rothenberg, C-IAYT
- Session recordings — all sessions recorded and available for review after each class
- 12 contact hours of specialized low back training
- Session-by-session topic focus:
- Practical movement sequences and cuing strategies for each condition type
- A clinically informed framework you can apply in group classes, private sessions, or your own personal practice
- Live Q&AÂ with Robin during each session
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Who Is This ForÂ
This series is designed for yoga teachers, Pilates instructors, physical therapists, and other movement professionals who want a deeper, more nuanced understanding of low back pain — as well as motivated yoga practitioners ready to take a more informed approach to their own back health.
No prior anatomy training required. Robin translates complex functional anatomy into accessible, immediately applicable language.
Cost: $397 USD
Register Here!About Robin Rothenberg
Robin Rothenberg, C-IAYT is an internationally respected yoga therapist specializing in supporting people with respiratory, immune, and structural imbalances to regain their health through the combined tools of yoga and therapeutic breathing practices. Since the pandemic, Robin has particularly focused her work on assisting people with Long-COVID and is considered one of the top yoga therapists in the field on respiratory conditions. In addition to working with clients one-on-one, she trains yoga teachers and therapists to be better equipped to work with students with breathing issues, anxiety, and chronic stress.
Her text Restoring Prana: A Guide to Pranayama and Healing Through the Breath, presciently released in early 2020, has been hailed as one of the most thorough and well-researched books on the topic of pranayama. Restoring Prana, along with its practice companion, The Svadhyaya Breath Journal, serve as the training manuals for her 15-month Restore Your Prana Training Program designed for yoga teachers, therapists, and healthcare professionals.Â
Robin has been interviewed on multiple podcasts regarding her knowledge of the breath. She currently serves as interim board president of IAYT. Learn more:Â https://essentialyogatherapy.com
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