Posted on December 8, 2007 in Yoga Techniques
It is very difficult to maintain a healthy body despite being stuck behind a desk all day. The long hours of immobility can put considerable strain on your head, neck, spine, and back, as well as the elbows and wrists, legs and hips.
It is highly important to keep the body as healthy as possible despite all these conditions so that circulation, metabolism and other bodily functions keep operating as they should, and hopefully prevent any serious medical conditions. For all these reasons office yoga is designed to help people who spend long hours in office
Office Yoga is designed to perform yoga related exercises in limited space i.e. in office. It includes some easy to follow yoga exercises that help to stretch your hands, wrists, arms, upper back, hips, low back, feet etc.
In office yoga, no yoga mat or any other materials are not required. All exercises are performed while standing up or sitting down in a chair. It never requires an expert or yoga guru to guide you. You can get all the information from books, video clips, DVDs, and internet.
Benefits of office yoga:
- A few simple stretches throughout the day could make a vast improvement in your physical and mental well-being.
- It is really benefit for people who work for an extended period of time and don’t get time for yoga and relaxation.
- People who work by sitting tend to develop neck, shoulder, back, and arm pain. Office yoga relieves all these kinds of pain and makes your working experience a lot more enjoyable.
- These exercises will strengthen your abdomen, deepen your breath, and improve your productivity.
- All most all these yoga exercises are designed to perform easily while sitting at your desk.
- These simple techniques include several stretches for the body to help relieve tension in your shoulders, spine and neck, hamstrings etc.
- Office yoga also includes many relaxing meditation breathing technique to help you keep stress under control.
Some simple office yoga exercises include:
- Wrist mobility asana
- Elbow rotation asana
- Shoulder rotation
- Chair cat asana
- Neck movements
- Sun greeting
- Body twisting
- Arm movements
- Ankle and knee mobility exercise
- Hip Rotation
- Exercises and simple asanas related to legs etc.
By practicing office yoga you can work smart and can have fun doing your work.
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