Contents:
- Medical Video: Easy exercises to do while sitting
- 7 Yoga poses while sitting in a chair are instant and easy to do
- 1. Raised hands pose
- 2. Twist the pose
- 3. Wrist release pose
- 4. Side angle pose
- 5. Warrior pose
- 6. Desk shoulder opener pose
- 7. Relaxation: savanna pose
Medical Video: Easy exercises to do while sitting
Stiff neck problems, body aches, and back pain are commonly experienced by many office workers who have to sit long at the computer. Relax, because there are various simple yoga poses that you can do to stretch and relax your body while recharging. Interestingly, you don't need to get up from the chair. Here are some choices of yoga poses while sitting that you can do in the office.
7 Yoga poses while sitting in a chair are instant and easy to do
1. Raised hands pose
Yoga poses while sitting first you can do easily is to sit with your spine perpendicular and your hands directed straight up and wide open.
Do this while taking a deep breath, then exhale. When you exhale, bring your body back by slightly bending your back and upper chest following the shape of the chair. Hold this motion for a few seconds, then slowly release your hands on the side of your body.
2. Twist the pose
Still in a sitting position in the chair and your back perpendicular. Start by taking and exhaling, then place both hands on the chair handle and start rotating your body alternately to the right and left side slowly. This method can help relieve hip pain due to too long sitting and bending.
3. Wrist release pose
If you are an office worker who spends hours typing in front of a computer, your wrists and arms sometimes need stretching.
Take a moment to bend your wrists in all directions. First, point your right hand back by pressing the fingertips using your left hand, hold for a few seconds. Do the same thing alternately on the left hand by pressing it using your right hand.
Second, place both hands open upwards and then shake both wrists quickly towards the sides, up and down. This will release tension in both hands.
4. Side angle pose
Stay in a sitting position with both feet touching the floor. Then bring the tip of your right hand to the floor and place it on the side of the foot, with the left hand position straight up. Take a deep breath when you begin to tilt your body and put your right hand down, then hold it for a few seconds. Do the same thing alternately, with your left hand placed on your right leg and upright.
5. Warrior pose
Now, change your sitting position from the one that was previously straight to the side direction. Do it sideways to the right with the right foot in front of the body, while the left foot is behind with the position straightened.
Place both hands beside your body with the position wide open, along with taking a deep breath. Then raise your hands straight up while exhaling slowly. do this motion repeatedly and alternately with the position of the left foot in front.
6. Desk shoulder opener pose
As the name implies, other yoga poses while sitting can be done as if opening a drawer. The trick, slide your chair back away from the table and make sure that only your hands can reach the desk drawer. Align both open arms to touch the drawer, then drop your head between your arms to achieve good shoulder stretch.
The function of this movement is to stretch after too long sitting upright in the chair, and to restore the shoulder in the right direction.
7. Relaxation: savanna pose
After everything is finished, close your eyes, sit up straight, keep your feet in touch with the floor, and place your hands on your lap. Hold this position for a few seconds while enjoying the process. This savanna position will help your body to absorb all the good benefits of all yoga poses that have been done before.
