December Detox Your Life | Day 9: Yoga At Your Computer
Our expression was the same when we read about these exciting Yoga-in-your-chair tips
Last week, we liked Islena Faircrest’s tip so much, that we had to ask her for more. Well she wrote back and we’re personally very excited about todays tips because it’s Yoga in your CHAIR! This is especially helpful because it’s really going to help those of us who work with computers.
Islena explains,
with the muscle tension we garner from long hours at our desks and computer screens, it’s no wonder Americans have chronic stiff necks, backs, and hips.
Tip #1: Take a moment every twenty minutes at your desk to do thirty seconds of chair yoga.
You’ll not only improve your efficiency; you’ll also help maintain calm and equilibrium of mind.
Try variations of the following poses to decrease stiffness and increase comfort:
- (Tip #2) Sitting with your spine on the back of your chair, lift your legs parallel to the ground to straighten, and flex feet. Hold for five breath cycles, breathing into the backs of the legs. Now roll the ankles in one direction, and then the opposite direction.
- (Tip #3) Hug your right knee into your chest with your hands and pull towards your heart, while lengthening through the crown of your head. Maintain neck in line with spine. Roll ankle again. Repeat on other side.
- (Tip #4) With hands resting on knees, drop chin towards chest, and rock your head slowly side to side (not backwards) for five breaths. Breathe consciously into any areas of stiffness.
- (Tip #5) In your chair, reach around to your left side and grab a hold of the back of chair. Using that as leverage, reach with your chest and ribcage towards the back of the chair. (Keep your neck, chin and head neutral.) Hold for five breaths. Repeat on other side.
- (Tip #6) Sitting on the edge of your chair, bend at the waist and relax your chest towards or onto your thighs. Hug your arms under your thighs (behind your knees) and hold onto each elbow. Maintain this hold and round out your spine, lifting the center of your spine towards the ceiling. Hold for five breaths.
- (Tip #7) Place hands on shoulders and rock arms side to side, gently rotating upper thoracic spine while maintaining your gaze forward at a fixed focal point.
- (Tip #8) Close your eyes and press your palms gently on your eyes applying light pressure for three breaths. Move your eyes in circles clockwise, and then counter-clockwise. Then bring your hands to your heart, keeping eyes closed, and observe your breath cycle for five breaths. Watch it like how you’d observe a bubble passing by. Before opening your eyes, bring an image to your minds eye of something that makes you happy; for examples a loved one or a favorite place in nature.
In-joy! Islena’s promised us more chair yoga tips to help you move through your work day with more joy, so stay tuned!
For those of you that want to do some yoga outside of the house, be sure to check out Islena’s site.
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Day 3: Back to Basics with Your Health
Day 4: Giving is Receiving
Day 5: Planning One Day at a Time
Day 6: Just A Spoonful of Sugar
Day 7: Positive Thoughts, Positive Outcomes
Day 2: Just Breathe
Day 3: Back to Basics with Your Health
Day 4: Giving is Receiving
Day 5: Planning One Day at a Time
Day 6: Just A Spoonful of Sugar
Day 7: Positive Thoughts, Positive Outcomes
Day 8: Filter That Water
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