Pioneering yoga instructor Peggy Cappy has set her own unique mark in the world of yoga by developing and teaching an approach that makes it accessible to people of all ages, abilities and sizes. Her two PBS specials, Yoga for the Rest of Us and More Yoga for the Rest of Us, proved that you don’t have to bend like a pretzel to be an avid yoga practitioner.

Continuing in her zeal to get yoga out to the population at large, Cappy is now featured in Back Care Basics: Yoga for the Rest of Us. The documentary special shows first-hand how the simplest stretches and exercises can contribute to back care. “Strong, healthy back muscles provide support for your spine and result in more energy and vitality in everything you do,” says Peggy.

More than 80 percent of us will experience some form of back problem at some point in our lives. This special was developed specifically with the idea of helping to prevent problems from developing and to provide relief if they do. Filmed at her home base in Peterborough, New Hampshire, Cappy will show viewers how the right exercises and yoga poses can dramatically protect the back and improve posture at the same time.

For more than 25 years, Peggy Cappy has offered workshops, classes and presentations in the United States and abroad. She has taught in a variety of settings, including public and independent schools, hospitals, a medium security prison, yoga retreat centers and studios, as well as the Blue Pearl Studio, which she owned and directed from 1987-1999.

Throughout her career, Cappy has trained in the major schools of yoga. Her desire to help others gain greater ease in body, mind and spirit led her to develop yoga programs that are easy, effective and enjoyable. Peggy’s unique approach has adults finding they have energy, flexibility and peace of mind they never dreamed possible.

Cappy’s credentials include a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Bachelor of Arts in Dance from Northwestern University and Empire State College in New York. She is certified as a yoga teacher by Siddha Yoga Dham in S. Fallsburg, New York, the White Lotus Foundation and Gurudev Siddha Peeth in Ganeshpuri, India. Peggy has also participated in many additional training classes and programs in diverse styles of yoga, including Iyengar, Ashtanga, Anusara and Bikram, as well as in stress reduction with Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and meditation with Thich Nhat Hanh, Swami Muktananda.