From the great snacks to the casual dress code, working from home certainly has its benefits. But long hours at your kitchen table or couch can start to wreak havoc on your spine, wrists, and shoulders, not to mention your computer-fatigued eyes. If you’ve completely blurred the boundary between home and office, these classes can provide some much-needed self-care throughout your day.
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9
classes
• 149 mins
Yoga
Only have time for a 5 minute yoga-break? This chair-based practice will help open your shoulders and spine while bringing greater circulation to your entire upper-body. This simple, accessible practice is also appropriate for students that need a gentle, highly-supported sequence.
Yoga
Here is your quick go-to if you don't have ample time to take a longer eye break. Practice a few soothing ways to relieve and rejuvenate those tired eyes and keep them in working order for years to come. If you work up close, (reading and computer) then these eye asanas will help compensate for the overdevelopment of the muscles you use to look at near objects.
Yoga
Sitting at your desk for long periods can be hard on your body. Although these desk dwelling times may be unavoidable in your daily schedule, releasing the uncomfortable effects of this prolonged sitting is possible. Using props, flow through a series of poses that open up your hips and shoulders. Focus on hip strength and flexibility, spinal alignment, core strength and chest opening. You'll move, breath and build a greater postural body awareness. Props Needed: A blanket and a strap.
Yoga
If you are pressed for time and need an invigorating sequence, look no further! Spending hours at a desk does not do a body good. Warm your entire body and loosen up all your tight spots with efficiency and joy! Includes upper body tension release, lunges and modified sun salutations. Props Needed: Two blocks.
Yoga
Unlock tension in your upper spine and draw your attention to healthy alignment in your neck. Learn about the dynamics of the upper thoracic area as you move through a chaturanga-free sequence that includes warrior II and chest openers like dhanurasana. Luxuriate in a long savasana and enjoy the long and spacious feeling in your neck. Props Needed: Two blocks, two blankets, and a strap.
Yoga
Hours of computer usage can leave our hands cranky and stiff. This simple yet profound practice of stretches helps to address mobility and flexibility in the hands, wrists, and shoulders. We focus on the shoulders, forearms, wrists and hands for a deeply intense cross-training practice to reset this part of the body.
Meditation
Learn some basic strategies for staying centered, relaxed and focused during a meeting. This simple guided meditation will briefly acknowledge the natural stress they can bring up, while helping you head into your next presentation feeling calm.
Yoga
This short sequence is designed so you can get up from your desk at work and reset your body quickly to be able to continue working while establishing more blood flow, brain flow and body comfort. Prop Needed: Chair
Meditation
Whether you work at home, at the office, or on the road, stability is a gift you can give to yourself and those you work with. Learn how to usher a smooth stability into your body through balanced breathing and guided visualization.
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