Stiff Neck, Back? Yoga Workshop Attempts to Ease Your Ailments

Is a stiff neck putting a cramp in your day? How about that bad back you have been dealing with for years?

Instructor Ruben Vasquez says yoga, breathing and meditation can have a positive impact. He is holding a special workshop, Yoga For Freedom From Neck and Back Pain, on Nov. 3 at the University of South Florida.

Cost is $40.

Vasquez has been practicing yoga steadily since 1996. He runs various classes in the area, including a popular weekly session at the New Tampa Regional Library. Apparently, there is a big need for the USF workshop.

"(It's) in response to a request from many of my students in the area,” he said.

No matter the focus of the specific yoga class, Vasquez is passionate about his career.

"As a yoga teacher, every day I offer my knowledge and experience to try to meet students where they are on their journey towards greater stability and clarity," he told Patch.com in a June interview. "The greatest reward in teaching is to see these students with less pain, restriction and agitation in their minds, bodies and hearts."

More Information:

Yoga For Freedom From Neck and Back Pain will be held 9 a.m. to noon on Nov. 3 at the School of Theatre & Dance, 3825 USF Holly Drive West. Attendees should go to studio FAD 107.

For more information, visit the workshop’s webpage.