Yoga's gentle movements are a big reason for why it’s so popular. Yoga is good for people who haven't been active in a while. It’s good for people who have certain health conditions like arthritis or osteoporosis. You can change the exercises to fit your needs. But yoga is also great if you're already fit and want a challenging workout. As you become more strong and flexible with yoga, it's easier to do other kinds of exercise like dancing, walking, or swimming.

Yoga can help you:

✨ Reduce your risk for injury. Each yoga pose targets specific muscles. This helps you increase your flexibility and reduce your risk for injury.

✨ Reduce stress. Yoga can help soothe the mind and lower stress levels. It does this by focusing the mind on the moment and the movements.

✨ Increase your concentration. A main part of yoga is rhythmic, focused breathing. This can help you focus.

✨ Understand the mind and body connection. Yoga requires you to focus all your energy on each movement or pose exactly. This can help you feel the mind and body work together.

✨ Gain strength and stamina. More vigorous styles of yoga promote strength and stamina.

✨Improve balance and stability. Balancing poses require you to use your core muscles. This can help you improve your overall stability.

✨ Improve posture. Yoga poses strengthen and open tight areas of the body like the shoulders and muscles of the upper back. This can help you keep good posture.

✨Develop body awareness. Yoga requires you to contract or relax specific muscles as you stretch into each pose. This can help you become more aware of your body’s strengths and weaknesses.

(information from University of Rochester Medical Center)

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Yoga is a series of stretches and poses that you do with breathing techniques. It offers the powerful benefits of exercise. And since yoga is gentle, almost anyone can do it, regardless of your age or fitness level.

Yoga is a 5,000-year-old discipline from India. It was developed as a practice to unite the mind and body. There are many branches of yoga. All yoga styles can help balance your body, mind, and spirit, but they achieve it in various ways.
Some yoga styles are intense and vigorous. Others are relaxing and meditative. No matter which type you choose, yoga is a great way to stretch and strengthen your body, focus your mind, and relax your spirit.

✅ Benefits of yoga

Yoga can make you stronger and more flexible. It's a great way to stay limber and energetic. You'll also feel more focused and alert. And yoga can help you feel great and function better in your daily life. Yoga can also help improve these conditions:
• Poor blood circulation
• High blood pressure
• Arthritis
• Osteoporosis
• Limited mobility
• Lower back pain
• Trouble breathing
• Headaches
• Tension or stress
• Depression.

Just do it! 💪🏼🙏🏼

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✅ Stand with your feet directly under your hips. Toes and knees point forward.

✅ Refine this position by shifting your weight slightly forward and back and side to side. Adjust your feet until you feel a place where the legs feel balanced, and you have a sense that your weight is falling directly down through your legs into the floor.

✅ Do not lock your knees, let them a little bit soft.

✅ Slightly tuck your tailbone and pull your belly in.

✅ Bring your shoulders back and release them down.

✅ Keep your neck neutral, point and soften your gaze in front of you.

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With your straight, lower your hips toward the desk, refraining from sinking in the lower back by using the strength in your legs. Stretch your chest between your shoulders and gently tilt your chin upwards while sliding the shoulder blades down the back. Hold 5 to 10 breaths.

Benefits: stretching spine, legs, arms, improves posture.

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Walk your feet out as wide as can go. Activate your pose by pressing your knees toward the back of your chair. Bring your right shoulders down towards your left knee. Hold 5 to 10 breaths switch you side.

Benefits: Release tension from spine, also this pose is good for #digestion, because of twisting variation of your upper body.

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If you are scrolling this page right now and see this post, let’s take a break for some stretching and coffee, especially if you have a working day :)

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✅ Instead of this curly position try variations with strap or scarf and seat down on block. You will be able to straighten your spine more, squared your hips, ope your elbows (feel stretch in you shoulders and triceps).
✅ Bring your shoulder blades back and down, feel that your shoulder spirals is opened.
✅ Keep your neck relaxed 😌 and point your soft gaze in front of you, down or close your eyes.
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Enjoy this pose! 😊

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Office yoga at work is an extremely beneficial way to improve your energy levels, relieve pain in the lower back or those sore shoulders. When you’ve been sitting for a long, and you’re ready for a stretch break, there are plenty of moves you can do right where you are.

Eagle arms. Double wrap your left arm under your right arm. If possible, touch the palms together. Keep your core engaged and eyes focused on a single point (or closed). Benefits: tones the arms, opens the upper back and improves posture.

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