The ELBP is based on the landmark NIH study that shifted the tide! Robin’s experience in training teachers and therapists is renowned. Every yoga teacher, regardless of lineage can benefit from this program.

Does yoga offer a viable complement to painkillers or even surgery in the treatment of back pain? And if so, what might the treatment of back pain look like in the future? In this interview, Huffington Post discuss that question with yoga therapist Robin Rothenberg, who created the yoga protocol for one of the first NIH-funded studies on yoga for back pain.

Are you one of the millions of Americans who suffer with lower back pain? Yoga can help. Try this series of simple, short practices that can help you on your road to recovery. 

When I was 20, I worked for a life insurance company, so I learned early that I needed to save for retirement. Of course, it wasn’t easy. There were bills to pay, then full-time childcare expenses, for twins, then a career change. Even so, mostly thanks to my husband’s employers, we were able to put some money away and have a head start on a retirement nest egg.

It wasn’t until my late 40s, however, that I learned that money isn’t the only thing I needed to save. When writing an article about osteoporosis, I realized that I should have also been stockpiling muscles.