10 Yoga Poses for Sciatica Pain Relief

1. Child’s Pose Balasana - Child’s Pose is a wonderful way to tune into and relax your body. It lengthens and stretches your spine, promoting flexibility and openness in your hips, thighs, and lower back.

2. Downward-Facing Dog - This forward bend helps bring your body into alignment, relieving pain and tightness. Downward-Facing Dog promotes strength in your entire body while helping to correct imbalances.

3. 3. Half Moon Pose Ardha Chandrasana - Half Moon Pose strengthens, stabilizes, and balances your body. It increases flexibility, relieves tension, and stretches your spine, glutes, and thighs.

4. Cobra Pose Bhujangasana - This soothing pose strengthens and stretches your spine, promoting circulation and flexibility.

5. Locust Pose Salabhasana - This pose strengthens your spine, glutes, and thighs. It stabilizes your core and lower back. It also promotes circulation and flexibility in your hips.

6. Knees-to-Chest PoseWind-Relieving Pose Pawanmuktasana - This is an excellent pose to relieve tightness in your lower back, hips, and glutes.

7. Reclined Pigeon Pose Supta Kapotasana - Doing Pigeon Pose on your back helps support your lower back and puts less pressure on your hips. Reclined Pigeon Pose stretches your glutes and hips as well as the piriformis muscle.

8. Bridge Pose Setu Bandha Sarvangasana - Bridge Pose stretches the spine, relieving pain and tension. Its gently stimulating effect on the body boosts circulation. Plus, it works your legs, glutes, and core.

9. Half Lord of the Fishes Pose Ardha Matsyendrasana - This twist stretches and lengthens your spine, relieving pain and tension. Feel the movement from this twist starting in your lower back.

10. Legs-Up-the-Wall pose Viparita Karani - This is the ultimate restorative pose, allowing your body to rest, relax, and recover.

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