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If there is a place where you need to practice yoga to destress yourself then that would be your office. In fact, a combination of human and non-human factors makes an office the most stressed out place to find oneself in. However, you can easily destress yourself with the help of a few simple yoga poses .
Yoga While Sitting in Your Chair
If you thought that doing yoga would require you to leave your seat (a dangerous proposition in the time of recession), then you are wrong. You can begin doing yoga right in your chair. Here is how you can do a simple breathing exercise while sitting in your chair.
Step 1: Sit on the edge of the chair. Place your feet half-way in front of you and keep the feet apart.
Step 2: Place the palm of your hand on your thighs.
Step 3: Fully elongate your torso to feel a lengthening of your spine.
Step 4: Gently inhale and exhale a lungful of air. Do it for as many times as you wish.
Once you are through with this exercise it is time to make the pose more serious and challenging. Follow the instructions given below:
Step 1: Sit on the edge of the chair with your legs in front of you and placed at distance equal to your hips.
Step 2: Raise your hands above your head and grasp the right wrist with your left hand.
Step 3: Inhale a lungful of air and bend to the left as you exhale. Hold this position for three breaths. Come back into the original position and then repeat it with the other side.
This stretching can be further complemented by introducing another simple variation to it.
Step 4: Once you have completed two sets of the above stretching keep your arms in the mid air. Rotate your shoulders in a clockwise manner.
Step 5: On the fourth roll, try to interlace your fingers behind your arms. If it is not possible for you to stretch that much then just lean back into your chair and try to grasp the edges of the back of your chair with your fingers. Remember, all this while you have to ensure that arms are as straight as possible.
Step 6: The above movement would create a bend in your back. Complete this bend by lifting your chest up. Remain in the pose for the length of three breaths. Exhale and come back into the original position.
To complete this yoga session all you need to do is even out the stretching and bending. It is time to do some inversion poses.
Step 1: While sitting on the chair, bend forward and drop your head below your waist.
Step 2: Once you have reached down to your limits, try to grasp your shins or knees with your hands.
Step 3: Come up to the original position and finish the session by twisting your torso to right and left sides. This can be done by placing a hand on the opposite thigh and twisting in that direction.
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