With your doctor’s recommendation, exploring yoga as a remedy for low back pain is now easier than ever – giving you the chance to see if its gentle stretches and movements can provide relief.

Participants who engaged in a 12-week virtual yoga program reported feeling less pain and better sleep, a study by Cleveland Clinic researchers said.

Back pain sufferers who took 12 weeks of virtual live-streamed yoga classes also slept better and moved more easily than participants on a wait list for the classes, the study published in early November in JAMA Network Open reported.

Bhujangasana or the cobra pose is a powerful yoga asana that can help alleviate lower back pain and improve spinal flexibility.