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Robin Rothenberg healed her own chronic low back pain with yoga. She went on to become a celebrated Viniyoga teacher and Certified Yoga Therapist, teaching
locally, nationally and internationally. Currently, she is the director of The Yoga Barn
and sits on the advisory board of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
Robin has been teaching yoga teachers for the last ten years and most recently developed a training to teach yoga teachers how to adapt their
classes appropriately for their students with low back pain. Her work in the field of yoga therapy has been written about in the New York Times,
Seattle Times, Yoga Journal, Fit Yoga and Natural Health. Robin resides with her husband, two dogs and two cats in Fall City, Washington.
Comparison of Yoga, Exercise, and Education
for the Treatment
of Chronic Low Back Pain
 CONGRATULATIONS to Robin Rothenberg for her considerable contribution to the Yoga for Low Back Pain study,
published recently in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Robin co-designed the protocol, with her teacher
Gary Kraftsow and taught all the classes. The results of the study were extremely favorable as seventy-eight percent of
the participants experienced a
significant reduction in their pain levels in just twelve weeks.
Read more about this study in the article in the Annals of Internal Medicine: Comparing Yoga, Exercise, and a Self-Care Book for Chronic Low
Back Pain A Randomized, Controlled Trial
by Karen J. Sherman, PhD, MPH; Daniel C. Cherkin, PhD; Janet Erro, RN, MN, PNP; Diana L. Miglioretti, PhD; and Richard A.
Deyo, MD, MPH. Download the article by clicking here
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