We can take deep breaths to calm an agitated mood; we can take a mindful break and walk for 2 minutes to refocus; we can adjust our posture to a healthy position and stretch our bodies while at our desk. What else do you do?
A recent ad I read described yoga as a way of life…this is well worth an inward inquiry on ways that yoga can become present during your day-to-day life.
We can take deep breaths to calm an agitated mood; we can take a mindful break and walk for 2 minutes to refocus; we can adjust our posture to a healthy position and stretch our bodies while at our desk. What else do you do?
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This week we’re reminded to count our blessings – for those close to our hearts and homes and for the greater world around us; and even for those people/experiences that challenge us, because they lead us to greater awareness, wisdom and new beginnings! Thank YOU for “being” a part of my life experience!
A strong foundation in a posture will lead to greater ease in its execution. Explore this during your standing postures by grounding through the feet and during the seated postures by grounding the sitting bones. Extend upward with the spine, creating space. Then, see how this might work in your day-to-day movement too.
When you go to yoga practice, you may have a specific reason such as relieving back pain or calming an anxious mood. To broaden your view, a few hours after your practice, take a few deep breaths, observe and see what else happened this time…
Take a yoga practice break and catch your breath. After relaxing for a while, you’ll find that you’re getting a second wind. By the end of your yoga practice, you feel like a breath of fresh air! See how useful the breath is? And this is only the beginning...
Try these simple stretches at your work area…a great way to include yoga’s teaching in your daily life. Do each move 4-6 times and remember to breathe deeply.
Neck stretches (either seated or standing): inhaling and lengthening upward with your head and neck and then exhaling, dropping your chin toward your chest. Shoulder rolls: sitting with your feet on the floor and your spine lengthened, make circles with your shoulders, first toward the front, then toward the back. Chest opening: seated nearer the front edge of your chair with your spine lengthened, reach your arms around and behind you, like you’re reaching for a large ball that is behind you, opening through the rib cage area. Seated twist: again, seated nearer the front edge of your chair with your spine lengthened, turn toward the left, twisting at the waist. Repeat, twisting toward the right. Finally, stand up and reach for the ceiling with both arms, stretching through each side. In traversing a world where instant results appear available, yoga teaches us otherwise. It works to improve our lives in a holistic manner, a little at a time. That’s why it’s important to make your practice a regular part of your week (and your life, kind of like brushing your teeth). By lowering stress, improving our immunity system (and our posture), relaxing built-up muscle tension and lifting our mood, sometimes the body is able to correct many issues on its own. Hmmmm….
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