Hatha Yoga with David Procyshyn: Yoga for the Upper Back 

This is by far the best yoga instructions I have ever seen on the net. David`s calm and gentle voice is so perfect for a a yoga teacher, his voice and calm way to explain every step is so easy to follow, he really takes us viewers with him and guides us through the lesson. It is just perfect, so good not only for the body but also the mind. Thank you, David, you do a wonderful job! And all that for free on the net, incredible.

Such a great thing. Hope David knows how appreciated he is for this.

cool. True. Your way to lead us to the poses works to the extent that we focus on the alignment rather than in looking at the screen to see what you mean (you find that in most virtual yoga classes). In summary. I liked this video. Thanks. :0)

David is so professional, calming and understandable. I really enjoyed the small meditation at the beginning and end too. I thoroughly enjoyed this class!

This only instructor i can follow. Very good explanation, very pleasant voice and I never think when it over. Helpful for everything (body, mind). Thank you and bless you David!

Your videos guide me through a deeply satisfying exploration into my body and mind. My life is enhanced by your creation, thank you

Amazing! This stretched my back in ways I've never experienced before. I've been doing David's Yoga Class for Carpal Tunnel for years and it's actually a changed my life. He definitely focuses on some stretches which are towards the physical therapy side of things. Very helpful routines.

David thank you for this awesome video. I woke up this morning knowing my whole body was out of balance. I felt stiff, sore and achey with tons of fatigue. I guess a job loss as well as a stressful move across country will do that to you. This video helped ease those tight back and shoulder muscles so much that at times it was painful, yet felt so good I wanted to weep with relief. Thank you !! I will be looking for your other videos

This class is a miracle, it feels as if I am breathing with greater freedom now. Thank you!

Now my hamstrings and low back are a little better thank for practising your other classes and I suffer from upper back with neuralgia for two weeks. My body is always painful with my Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and as time goes by I have to discover more classes and yours are still beautiful, relaxing and efficient. Thank you very much!

This was awesome, thank you! I usually do videos focused on low back issues, but it seems part of my low back issues were coming from my tight shoulders and upper back because afterwards my lower back feels so much better! I am traveling and didn't have strap, rope, etc., so I used my phone charging cable, haha. If that didn't work, I was going to remove a pillowcase and try that. Thanks again!

Perfect for office workers or anyone who has to sit down all day! Thank you so much for posting this video, it is so helpful. It is a very calming class and the poses are held for a decent amount of time so the user can benefit from the stretch.

This is fabulous. I love the reminders to really let the muscles relax vs tensing them up.

One of my favorite. thanks for reminder to keep core engaged, I often forget. I enjoyed the guided meditation at beginning and end, although sometimes I feel as though the meditative aspect is in yoga practice all the time.

David you are the best! I've gone through a library worth of Yoga videos on RU-vid, and yours are head and tree poses above the rest. After just 30 minutes with one of your videos I feel so much better. I do this Upper Back routine the day after my Upper Body day with weights when I find my upper back and shoulders sore from curls, pulls, and rows. After your routine it feels like somebody reached in there and undid the many knots that had built up. Thanks for being awesome David! You make yoga work for the working out man.

My frequent traveling doesn't allow me to commit to a yoga studio. But I've been following yoga on youtube for years, and David's classes are my favorite. Unlike most other instructors taking you through strenuous warrior drills for toning your body, or working towards ultimate impressive poses, David's teaching is full of ease and calmness and non-grand poses. Yet, without even trying hard, I was taken into stretches much deeper than with any other classes I've been to, without risk of getting injured. And it really really addresses the issues. Years of long hours working on a laptop, and long haul flights across the Pacific, I've had neck and shoulder pain, slouching back, and occasional insomnia by jet lag. David's Neck and Shoulder release class could always put me to sleep. After this upper back session, I've never felt my upper back and front body so loosened up, and upper back was not crunchy. Thank you so much Daivd! While I can be invigorated from other yoga classes on RU-vid, your classes really really solved my problems. Namaste!!

Found this video today (Oct 2019)( Yipppe !!) & followed the exercises. My muscles felt less tight & more relaxed. Thank you David. Much appreciated. Will check out your other vids too :)))

This practice was the best thing I did for myself today, it really was a blessing for my body and mind. Thank you for sharing!

You are such a wonderful teacher. Thank you.

I have been doing these a long time and now in my 70s these videos are amazing - this morning my neck and shoulders were excruciating and so I did this and the relief is momentous- thank you so much and like Lars your voice and pace is perfect. Lizi 🙏🏻

Thank you David ji 🙏 for such wonderful session. Stay blessed Namaste ❤

Thank you for creating this class and sharing it with the world I really enjoyed it and will be looking up more classes by david!

holy crap that kicked my but i wanted to quit but i took a minute break and followed all the way through

Soooo marvelous this class 😍 thank you!! 🙏💖 I'm doing it very often 😊

This is absolutely the BEST yoga class for upper back I've ever done in my life. I started with back pain, I finished with no pain and literally burning (hot!) back muscles. Your perfect and gentle instructions are wonderful. From today on, this will be a routine for me. Thank you so much for sharing your kind dedication with us, this is gold! Lots of love

Very good! Thank you, this is what I needed.

This is well constructed and intense. Really enjoyed how it helped my upper back.

Another awesome stretch by David. This is my first time doing this particular stretch routine and my shoulder blades, which were aching this morning, now feel wonderful.

Thank you David! I woke up with tensed shoulders today and this session really helped . Thank you for your calm voice and gentle instructions. Hari Om !

Hands down the most rewarding yoga video I've ever viewed. As a tall student who works at desk for long hours this allows me to rebalance my entire upper body and feel like I had stepped into a new body afterwards.

Thanks so much - this class has been so helpful. Particularly love the elbow crossing ones.

This is the kind of yoga I’ve been looking for! Thank you

Perfect! Just what I was looking for. Thank you, David.

Thank you David. This really helped with my upper back pain. I also enjoyed the mindfulness sequence at the beginning and end of the video. Subscribed!

One of the best classes I have attended . Body feels so light after the practice ❤️ Thank you

This practice was awesome, fun, tension-releasing and stands out as a unique routine from other upper back yogas. Thanks man!!

Thank You David. This is what I needed today. Always benefit from your sessions. God Bless

Thanks for another awesome class. The shoulders & upper back definitely need the stretch. The class really helps to relieve stresses in those part of our body. Your other teachers are all great. eg. Fiji. Sending you love & light. Namasta!! 👍🏼🙏😊

David is helping me so much! He is the best

This is one of my all-time favourite before bed yoga routines. David, you are amazing, I can't thank you enough.

Ther is no better yoga practice for back than David P. lessons , maybe it doesn't look "fancy" but the way how I feel after this practice is like "i'm in body heaven".

The sound of the water at the end felt amazing. Your best video yet!

get a little Vicks or home-brand vapor rub under the nostrils to help your breathing. Hello Clarice...

What a great sequence. My neck was hurting from a long day at my desk but I feel great now. Thank you David. Your classes always hit the spot! Deep and delicious.

Best stretch for my back! What a wonderful sensation. Thanks for the class!

One of my favorites secuences. terrible that youtube decided to interrupt with publicity the beutiful practice. thank you so much for yur ch annel

I don't have time for all of it but 11 minutes in the extreme pain and tightness in my neck and biceps is gone! thanks! I'll try to find time to finish it soon :)

You are such a good teacher. I feel great after your videos. Thank you for that.God bless you.

Wonderful David - you are the best. Thank you so much - Sue from Sydney

This was absolutely wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing! 😊💛☀️

Such a great yoga flow! Love it.

So wonderful! Thank you so much! ( from the heart of Africa)

To say that my upper back feels loose is an understatement. I've never done stretches and poses like this and I felt myself getting emotional during one of them. That's how I knew that a deep release was occurring. What an incredible video. I'm a beginner and this was doable and so effective. I'm floored!

Every time I do this, I feel like falling asleep. I love it

This is very good... I gave it a go and have forwarded to other mates... truly an awesome shoulder and upper back opener...

I can't get to your site. it just keeps circling and circling.

This was wonderful 💖 thank you so much!!

Oh Thank you from the deep of my opened heart. Namaste.

great poses, and what a calming voice

When the student is ready...the first time yoga made body sense to me. Thank you David, I will be back daily...

You are (as always) a life saver 👌❤

really excellent release for upper back and shoulders. I loved the repetition of certain stretches with variations. I only missed the music which you have used before (like in your Deep release for hips, hamstrings, lower back)

That was amazing thank you very much, and your voice is very calming, I wish it had more to the neck though.

David, thanks for all of the classes you put out there on the web. You are by far my favorite teacher. I've gone to yoga studios and followed along with other yoga videos and they just don't compare to your slow and still way of working with the body and mind. I've had pain for years and your classes really do get deep into releasing those tight painful spots, leading to what feels like actual long lasting relief. Thank you so much!

6 min of meditation at the beginning and 7 min of meditation at the end.

Gratitude for you David. Thank you.

"Yoga, it's what bodies crave."

Thanks for a splendid class David appreciated

your type of yoga is great david. would you say its vinyasa yoga?

What a relief. Thank you David....

Fantastic upper-back routine! Love it.

That is such a brilliant session thank you

My migraine melted away. Thanks

Grateful for today’s practice

Thank you so much for the class.

Thank you david !

I just found your channel David, and I'm so glad I did. This is a wonderful, healing class. I searched your channel but I didn't see a class specifically for the side body. Do you have one, or do you think you might make one in the future? I have a lot of tension in the QL and am always looking to stretch that area. Thank you for all your work!

I just found this wonderful class!, I appreciate the body scan at beginning and end. Thank you so much, your lessons are excellent.

Awesome David Thanks

You are simply amazing 😉

you should do a guided meditation cd. perfect voice for it! thanks for all your work, I love it.

I’ve had pain in my upper back now for months and I’ve tried everything. This is the first relief I’ve had. And it lasted. I had no pain yesterday after doing this flow and I’ve had none today. So I repeated it. I could cry with relief. Thank you!

best yoga thank you so much 😊

Wonderful class! I really feel I trust your judgements on what makes a good pose and how to do it gently but thoroughly. Keep putting your great classes out there!

thank you for your guidance :-)

Fantastic!Thank you so much you are giving so many classes for free at this pandemic time.My hot Bikram yoga studio is closed ,I am not working ,your classes keep me mentally and fizicly healthy.God bless you David! Hi from Toronto!

These videos help, thanks alot!

David and DYWM team and YT channel -- this morning I was immobilized by upper pain in my right upper back that suddenly came in the shower. 800mg of Ibuprofen didn't help. This did, and I now feel both relief from the sharp pain (which is now much softer) and also curiously peaceful, accepting, and with a lovely side-effect of that 'open heart' and warmth also in my chest. Thank you so much.

such a great teacher and sequence. Just one question. i find my fingers get really sore after gripping on to the strap for those parts. Is that normal, does it get better? any way to have relief?

My upper shoulder blades were sore from transporting a large bag of produce from the farmer's market by bus. This sequence was extremely beneficial in ridding my body of tension. I feel soothed and present. Thank you David.

I have a very out of whack shoulder/spine due to stuffed up rotator cuff. This video not only highlighted where my problems are but have put me on a very positive path to sorting out the imbalances. For a free video this to me is priceless. Thank you to the whole 'Do Yoga With Me' team, you can not know how much help your vids are to this little Yorkshire woman.

Thank you David for another great video. Thank you for your service and for all that you do. I've been following your channel for the last 6 years and it has helped me so much.

100% awesome, thank you for sharing this routine

Hi David. I love the perfect balance in each position of being powerful and calming at the same time. You are particularly encouraging in this practice. Thank you for being you. 🙏 😊

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great class! Really helped me release my upper back! Lot of time to spend on the heels for me but I just subbed alternatives. ty! great stuiff! Liked and subbed!!!!

Seriously, a lot of other videos are great for back pain relief but this is on some other level! Thanks, felt AWESOME to practice with you.

Thank you again David, the before and after meditation was so awesome. I hope you’re doing well my dear teacher.❤️Doug

That was great, thank you!

Excellent work David you really help me with my upper back pain..in fact all your videos are beneficial and they help me a lot whenever I have pain in the whole body.. Thanks a lot