5 Best Poses for Desk Jockeys
5 Best Poses for Desk Jockeys
Many of my clients spend the majority of their day at a desk, in a car or in a plane – in short, sitting.
We all know that sitting is the new smoking, so to counteract all that bad stuff, here’s a simple 5 minute sequence you can do anywhere!
Keep your Ujjayi breath flowing free as you explore this mini retreat in your body, and your day!
Crescent Lunge (arms overhead). You can also interlace the fingers behind the back to open up your chest. Benefits: lengthens hip flexors, opens chest, pectorals and shoulders
Extended Side Angle. Benefits: Lengthens side body, waist, and neck. Stretches abdomen.
Extended Side Angle
Crescent Lunge
Forward Bend: Benefits: lengthens hamstrings, spine, neck.
Standing Forward Bend
Wide legged forward bend (walk to one foot, then the other) Benefits: lengthens hamstrings and spine
Baby Back Bend (Cobra or Sphinx) Benefits: opens up upper chest, reduces tension in shoulders, counteracts ‘slump’and hunchbackedness
Sphinx Pose
Wide Legged Standing Forward Bend
Catherine Tingey
Entrepreneur, yogini, designer, award-winning filmmaker, personal trainer and former marathon runner. She left a career in finance to start her own business and along the way, became a yoga teacher. She has been practicing yoga for 31 years and teaching privately for 11 years.
About the Author
Catherine Tingey+ Entrepreneur, yogini, designer, award-winning filmmaker, personal trainer and former marathon runner. She left a career in finance to start her own business and along the way, became a yoga teacher. She has been practicing yoga for 31 years and teaching privately for 11 years.
