Nobody wants to take up a job profile that involves fieldwork. Everyone wants a comfortable desk job but might not realize how bad, sitting for too long at the computer can be for their health. Most of the people visualize that a field job is far better in keeping fit as compared to the desk job. Continuously sitting for a long period of time lead to variety of diseases, and leaning over our desk is very terrible for our back, also fixing our eyes continuously on the screen can be very harmful for our vision. But you cannot escape your desk job, there is still a good news. Here are some short office yoga to break up your workday that improve your health and mood and may even bring positive lifestyle changes at home as well as office.
Check out top office yoga poses below:
Seated back-bend:
This is a pose that will save your time and also you not need to move anywhere for doing yoga. A seated back-bend is a natural yoga asana that instantly releases tension and also help in your back pain. You only need to
- Sit straight in your chair.
- Engage your palms and raise your hands in the air. While raising your hands make sure you are inhaling air.
- When you cannot extend your hands more then, slowly exhale and hold the position for a few seconds.
- You will feel a stretch on your upper back and chest.
- Repeat this asana every hour to feel fresh throughout the day.
Seated pigeon pose:
The seated pigeon is a wonderful pose for those with tight hips. It can be done anywhere including at your office desk. If you have problems with your knees then it is a wonderful exercise. You need to:
- Sit normally on the chair keeping both your feet flat on the ground.
- Now, place your left leg over your right in a way that your left knee is at 90 degrees.
- Now press your foot in a way that your left ankle is in line with your right knee.
- Once you cannot stretch more, hold for 3-5 breaths and repeat the entire process with your right knee.
Neck stretch:
There’s a lot of tension build up in your neck-especially if your computer is positioned so that you’re looking down instead of across. This exercise is best for reducing neck pain. You only need to do is:
- Tilt your head down to your chest and hold the pose for 10 seconds.
- Now look towards right and increase the stretch and hold the position for 10 seconds and repeat same for left.
- Now turn around the neck from left to right and same for right to left.
- Repeat for 3-4 times. This will definitely help in neck pain.
Seated twist:
We all know that we should not lean our body while sitting, but leaning is very common. This seated twist will help you in reversing the side effects caused by leaning.
- Firstly sit straight in your chair.
- Breathe in deeply, and as you exhale spin your body to either of the sides and as much as you can.
- Hold the position on the side you have chosen for 5 breaths and then go back to your original position.
- Repeat the same for the other side.
Wall Sit:
To complete our yoga session, now let us move on our last pose, Wall sit.
- Stand with your back against the wall and slowly slide down into a sitting position with your thighs parallel to the floor.
- Hold this position for 60 seconds. If you are not able to hold for too long you can also hold for 30-45 seconds.
- Stand up slowly and return to your desk.
It is an excellent way to strengthen your thighs.
We hope you enjoyed our Postures for office yoga at your desk. Do it every day to bring some relaxation and stress relief to your day. Still having doubts regarding yoga? Hit us up at GURUGRAM NATUROPATHY AND CURE CENTRE to know more about on yoga and therapies.