Lumbar Disc Herniation & Yoga--My Personal Journey — Stacy Dockins

June 03,2024

I remember feeling hopeless. Would I ever live a life without chronic pain? I had debilitating back pain from a very young age. I was diagnosed with spinal stenosis and disc herniation at L-3, L-4, L-5, and S-1. We had to move out of our condo because I couldn’t get up and down the stairs. I thought.

Stacy began practicing yoga in 1997 and has passionately made it her life's work ever since. She is a life-time learner and researcher, especially in the areas of the human body, biomechanics, meditation and mindfulness. She is currently working on her first book, Embodied Posture. She loves teaching her weekly yoga & meditation classes along with mentoring yoga teachers from across the globe. She also co-teaches the online course: The Science & Practice of Yoga through EdX.org.

Plants, nature, books, her 3 children Jake, Kera, Luke, husband Dave, and her dog Buster are the main loves of her life. Stacy also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Animal Science from Texas A&M University-class '94 and completed the pre-med track of courses in 2012 at University of Texas Arlington.