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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Turning Workplace Stress into a Simple Stretch

...eves the anxiety and mental chatter around past and future events.

2) Take a few minutes every hour to do some simple stretches.

Stretching throughout the day will:

Reduce muscle tension.
Improve circulation.
Reduce anxiety, stress and fatigue.
Improve mental alertness.
Tune your mind into your body.

Here is a simple stretch you can try right now.

Crescent Stretch

Stand with your feet parallel, about hip width apart.
Raise arms overhead interlacing fingers (chest open, shoulders back)
Exhale, reaching your hands to the right.
Take 3 long slow breaths (while reaching to the right)
Inhale, reaching your hands up, back to center.
Exhale, reaching hands to left (3 breaths)
Inhale, back to center
Repeat 4-5 times
Release arms and shake them out.

Benefits:

Improves circulation and increases energy
Tones, stretches and relieves tension in muscles in your arms, shoulders, chest, back and abdomen
Limbers your spine
Trims your waistline

Give yourself five minutes a day to practice simple yoga-based breathing and stretching exercises. Dont be surprised when, within a few weeks, you feel more energy and less stress on the job.more

Yoga Weight Loss Benefits

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Yoga Certification in kansas City

...all!

If living yoga on a regular basis sounds just heavenly, then you are a prime student for yoga certification in kansas City. Whether you choose to teach yoga workshops, or shorter classes on a more regular basis, youll be away from the desk and on your yoga mat where you belong! Get certified today and all this will become your perfect reality!more

Yoga: Two Reasons You Should Not Do Yoga Posture The Four-Limbed Staff Posture

...biceps (front of upper arm), pectoralis major (a large muscle of the chest), abdominal muscles, deltoids (a large triangular-shaped muscle that forms the prominence of each shoulder), and the scapular muscles.

For beginners: You can drop the knees to the floor until you build enough strength to support the body with your arms.

The Four-Limbed Staff is a great strength developer posture, however, in some health conditions this posture should not be practiced at all cost.

Two reasons not to do the Yoga Posture - Chaturanga Dandasana:

1) If you have a Carpal tunnel syndrome, please do not attempt this posture. (...more

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