08/02/2026
Stress doesn’t just affect your mood.
It changes your posture, breathing, muscle tension, and movement patterns.
When we’re stressed, we tend to:
• Hold our breath
• Tighten our jaw
• Lift our shoulders
• Brace our abdominal muscles
• Grip the muscles around the spine
This protective strategy is useful during a true emergency.
It’s not helpful if it continues for weeks or months.
And this gripping in the body has an effect on the level of back pain we feel.
Aqua Yoga invites your body to let go of that gripping.
Warm water holds you up, softens muscle and mind tension so you can breath with deeper and move with more ease
An opportunity to begin replacing protective movement patterns with healthier ones.
Your nervous system is always responding to the environment. Your body is always responding to your nervous system.
Could you use a more supportive environment?
Comment SUPPORT and I’ll send you a link to a free aqua yoga class for releasing low back tension download.
I hope you get to try gentle yoga in warm water and experience the benefits first hand.