7 Yoga Stretches You can Practice on a Chair
Keep your spine long, both feet planted flat on the floor.
Inhale, come into cow position, arch your back and drop your shoulders.
Exhale, round your spine, allowing the shoulders and the head to come forward into cat position.
Continue to move between cow on the inhalations, and cat on the exhalations for five breaths.
Benefits: This posture improves spine flexibility and abdominal strength.
2. Chair Forward Bend
Spread your feet hip-distance apart.
Exhale, coming into a forward bend resting your torso over your thighs.
Let the head hang heavy between your legs.
Inhale, raising the arms up over the head.
Repeat this sequence five times, moving slowly as you breathe.
3. Chair Spinal TwistKeep your spine straight, knees together, feet planted on the floor.
Twist your torso towards the left.
With your left hand hold the back of the chair, placing your right hand on your left thigh.
With each inhale, lengthen your spine and with every exhale twist as deeply as you can.
Hold this posture for five breaths, then repeat on the right side.
Benefits: Opens the shoulders and neck, whilst stretching the spine.
4. Chair Thread the Needle
Hold for three to five breaths.
Benefits: Stretches the thighs, groins, back and psoas muscles.
5. Chair Eagle Arms
Lengthen your spine and stretch your arms out in front of you.
Cross your left arm over the right, at the elbow.
Bend the elbows and bring your palms together until they touch.
Lift the elbows while dropping the shoulders away from the ears.
Hold the pose for three to five breaths and repeat on the other side.
Benefits: This pose provides a deep stretch in the shoulders.
6. Chair Warrior II
Position your right leg over the chair and swing your left leg behind you.
Plant the sole of the left foot on the floor and straighten the left leg.
Let your torso turn to the left, aligning your hips with the front of the chair.
Exhale, open the arms out to the side, with the right arm extending forward, and the left, back.
Gaze out over the right fingertips and hold for three breaths.
Benefits: Strengthens the legs and arms, opens the chest and shoulders and tones the abdomen.
7. Chair Reverse Warrior
Position your body in Warrior II, as described above.
Let the left arm come down the left leg and lift the right arm up towards the ceiling as you inhale.
Benefits: Strengthens the legs, improves flexibility of the spine.
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