Hi Bjay, please see your medical provider regarding your ongoing upper back pain. Then when they clear you to resume your practice, you might want to check out Adriene's Yoga for Wrist Pain video.

Hi Adrian,

I am a 39 yr old woman who was diagnosed schizophrenic at 25. A mental illness attacks your brain and mind that's been my fight. Needless to say my brain and mind are my worst enemy. Your yoga teaching has helped me be more mindful about my illness accept it and work with it in moderation not against it your yoga teaching has allowed me to teach myself selflove, self care, mindfulness and selfrespect namaste

I just wanted to tell you THANK YOU for your youtube videos. You have truly changed my life in ways I didn't even know it need or could be changed!

I've been working out about 6 days a week, and twice a day two of those days, for about 5 years now. I'm very conscious of the foods I eat and whether I like to admit it or not I am very aware of the way I look (a driving factor for working out so much). I've done yoga randomly over the years with my mom but have never gotten into it on a regular basis because it didn't seem like enough of a "workout" for me. Anyways, awhile ago I decided to Youtube a yoga class just because (this is not something I had ever done before) and I came across your video, Day 1 of the 31 Day Challenge. I loved it! And I felt amazing after...so I did day 2 and 3 that day too. I ended up making a pledge to myself to do it every day and follow the challenge and I realized things were changing.

The first thing I noticed was my insanely tight hamstrings weren't nearly as tight! I could touch my toes for the first time EVER. You said in one of the first videos that when you started learning about yoga they told you downward dog was a resting pose and you thought that was crazy, well I did too, but now it makes sense to me!

Then I noticed how much more mindful I became, down to every aspect of my life: how quickly I ate, my posture, even the way I would tattle work.

But the biggest thing for me was I noticed the body I had been obsessively forcing to the gym and making negative comments to in the mirror, and sometimes depriving of the foods I wanted... was different. I was toned and lengthened and I don't know if it's all your self-love comments throughout your videos or if it's the physical stretch and exercise but I'm thinking it's both! I've been trying so so hard for years to feel the way I do now, and you taught me the way to feel like this has always been inside me, to love myself and to treat my limbs and my heart kindly with movement AND stillness.

I think the beauty of your youtube channel for people like me, is that its private, you can do it at home late at night, by yourself, with no make up on, and feel 100% about your practice.

Thank you so much for doing what you do! You're amazing and you've brought an amazing a light into my life!

All the way in Holland I do your yoga practides every day and I love it!
My dog Pien always wants to be present at the practice and lies down besides me. If she is in the other room she scratches the door till I let her in. So I really liked the videos with your own dog!

Thankyou and all the best
Xx