able to help yourself through these techniques you need to work with a positive attitude as a participant in this holistic treatment regime rather than lying in bed subjecting yourself to only the doctor’s treatment with scepticism and fear about yoga.
The eight step yogic relaxation for low back pain is based on the principle of stimulation and relaxation as a better way of improvement rather than just a relaxation. The recommended yoga during this phase (Set A and Set D page No. 123 & 129) has to be practiced once in two to three hours through out your waking hours.

4. Yogic Management of Chronic Back Pain

The basis of the integrated approach of Yoga therapy for Back Pain has already been discussed in this chapter. The details of how the specific practices are tobe practiced is described in Chapter II. The set of practices that you can select for daily regular practice is given in pages 123-131. For chronic low back pain there are two sets (B and C). We recommend you practice these two sets on alternate days.

Chapter III gives you a specific understanding of how yoga works in backpain. When practiced with this understanding the benefits will be quicker and complete.