IN today’s modern world, most of us have a sedentary lifestyle. Thanks to technological innovations, there is no dearth of equipment, instruments and machines to help us perform our tasks easily and also without us having to move around much.
Today, everything is available to us at the click or the push of a button. As a result, most of us spend our time in front of the computer.
With the development of the Internet and other communication technologies, most jobs today are desk jobs.
Hardly do we have to move about.
All we need to do is type away on the keyboard all day long. That is why people are now slowly becoming conscious about having a good workout before starting the day’s work. Despite this, at the end of the day, after we complete all our deadlines and have spent the whole day doing desk jobs like typing, our neck, shoulders, arms and back seem stiff.
There are many yoga postures to cure the uneasiness caused from desk jobs. These stretch and loosen your shoulders, neck, arms and back and also increase the blood circulation to these areas making you revitalised.
Bandha Hasta Utthanasana removes stiffness from the shoulders and upper back and the synchronised breathing improves blood circulation.
Akarna Dhanurasana exercises the shoulders and also a few deep muscles of the neck and shoulder blades which can hold a lot of tension.
It is also good to cure stiffness in the arms. To ease the muscles of the back and also strengthen them, you can practice Kati Chakrasana and Tiryaka Kati Chakrasana.
BANDHA HASTA UTTHANASANA
1. Stand with feet, shoulder width apart.
2. Take your arm behind you and interlock your fingers
3. Now exhale and bend forward, stretching arms over the head as much as possible.
4. Hold the position for 30 seconds.
5. Inhale and slowly come to the standing position.
AKARNA DHANURASANA
1. Sit with legs outstretched.
2. Bend the left leg and hold the big toe of the left leg with left hand.
3. Keep the right leg straight and hold the right leg with the right hand
4. Inhale and start lifting the left leg with the left hand and pull it up to the left ear, and stabilise it at that point.
5. Hold for a while with normal breath.
6. And slowly straighten the left leg and take the sitting position.
7. Do the same for other side.
KATI CHAKRASANA
1. Stand with feet, shoulder width apart.
2. Inhale as you raises your arms level to shoulders.
3. Keeping the feet flat on the floor, exhale as you twist the upper body to the right side, wrapping the right arm behind the waist and the left hand onto the right shoulder.
4. Turn the head fully to the right to look behind and hold for 30 seconds. Inhale and back to standing position.
5. Do the same for other side with proper breathing.
TIRYAKA KATI CHAKRASANA
1. Stand with your feet more than shoulder width apart.
2. Inhale as you raise your arms up over your head and place your palms together.
3. Exhale and bend forward half way with your back straight.
4. Stretch your arms forward and hold.
5. Move your body side to side.
6. Now inhale and come back to standing position.