Stuck at your desk all day? Telling yourself you simply don’t have time to get some movement in?
Enter: Chair yoga.
Try these 3 moves while you’re sitting in a chair:
- Seated wide forward fold: Sitting on your chair, take the knees wide and slowly fold forward, bringing the hands to the ground for support. Make sure the heels stay flat. Slowly walk your upper body over to the right, hold for a few breaths, and then move over to the left.
- Seated figure 4: Place the right heel on the left thigh to come into figure 4. Slowly fold over the legs. Make sure the knee stays in line with the ankle as you do so. Fold up and down a few times and then switch sides.
Seated twist: Take hold of the back of the chair with both hands for a little leverage and slowly start to twist your body around like you would in a classic seated forward fold.
In a time crunch something is better than nothing and these moves can get you moving when you don’t have time. It’s not enough for consistent relief from aches and pains due to lack of flexibility, BUT it’s a HUGE start.
Homework: Try to work in some of these stretches while you work at your desk today — you can do them right before a meeting or while you’re waiting for an email — it’ll make a world of a difference!
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