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View the entire Healing Yoga Sequence: Restorative Yoga Poses For Piriformis Syndrome at https://www.tummee.com/yoga-sequences/yoga-for-piriformis-syndrome. (Search “Tummee Healing Yoga Sequence: Restorative Yoga Poses For Piriformis Syndrome" on Google.)

Theme: Healing the tendons and tissues to support the larger muscles
Props: Yoga-Mat, Blanket, Chair,
Level: Beginners Level
Duration: 45 mins

Students always come to yoga as a last resort to healing their Piriformis Syndrome a neuromuscular disorder that causes the piriformis muscles to compress the sciatic nerve. Introducing Restorative Yoga Poses to students using deep muscular movements while in a static position will significantly help in reducing the piriformis syndrome.

Piriformis syndrome causes pain to the lower back, buttocks, hips, hamstrings, and feet. This kind of pain caused is due to the inflammation of the piriformis muscles that put pressure on the sciatic nerve leading to that side of the lower body in excruciating pain. Tightness around these muscles also leads to pelvic pain. To address the symptoms mentioned above the active use of the gluteus maximus muscles through the practice of yoga poses in a restorative style should bring encouraging results.

Learn and teach your students about Staff Pose at https://www.tummee.com/yoga-poses/staff-pose (Search "Tummee Staff Pose" on Google.)

Level | Beginner
Position | Sitting
Type | Restorative, Stretch

Being seated with legs stretched out in Dandasana, the spine plays a crucial role here and this yoga pose is just not the act of sitting, but to sit upright and still. It is also a powerful pose in its own right and is surprisingly difficult to hold for extended periods of time. It helps to build both strength and gain flexibility.

Staff Pose is considered a warm-up yoga pose to prepare the body for more intense yoga poses / yoga flows. Yoga teachers need to start with Staff Pose (Dandasana) before initiating many seated poses like:
Half Lord Of The Fishes Pose Variation Hand Up Leg (Ardha Matsyendrasana Variation Hand Up Leg).
Half Lord Of The Fishes Pose Variation Hand Up (Ardha Matsyendrasana Variation Hand Up).
Sage Marichi Pose C (Marichyasana C).
Sage Twist Pose Variation Forward Bend (Marichyasana Variation Uttanasana).
Seated Forward Bend Pose (Paschimottanasana).
Seated Wind Release Pose (Upavistha Pawanmuktasana).

It benefits the muscles of the Lower Back, Hips, Hips-Internal, Pelvic.