Poses
Notice Your Experience is a tool that helps undue the stress we put on our bodies and mind each day. What does your day look like?
Driving all Over Town?
Stressed Out?
Sore from Intense Workouts?
Back Pain Slowing You Down?
Meditation Procrastination?
On the Computer All Day?
Working on a computer everyday can put a tremendous strain on our bodies and
minds. Over time most of us will experience some of the following:
Notice Your Experience: A Guide to Finding Balance is a tool that helps counter what we do to our bodies each day. Here are some poses specifically for all of us who rely on the computer for work, home and play.
- Lie on your back, with your legs up on the wall. Your buttocks do not have to be right up against the wall. Do what feels comfortable. If your hamstrings are tight you can put a pillow under your buttocks and if your neck is not comfortable grab a pillow and relax. This pose can help improve circulation, clear the mind, strengthen your immune system, and possibly help reduce blood pressure, anxiety, and depression. You will come out feeling like new!
- Lie on your belly, propped up and resting on your elbows. Chill out here for five minutes, and your back will love you for it. This stretch will counter all of the sitting and bending over your work, which is taking the natural inward curve out of your lower back. Sphinx pose will help you restore the curve, release the tension in your hamstrings and hips, relax your shoulders and do wonders for your posture!
- Lie on your back over a blanket or pillow, with the cushion under your lower back, buttocks slightly off the floor. Hang out here for five minutes, helping to restore the natural inward curve of your lower back, and as a result more hamstring and hip flexibility.
- Lie on your back over a blanket or pillow, with the cushion under your upper back, head and neck feeling comfortable and your arms stretched out at the level of your shoulders or over your head, palms up. Place your legs in a butterfly shape, soles of the feet together, hips open. Chill here for five minutes, and enjoy!
Driving All Over Town?
Many of us spend hours a day in our cars commuting and picking up the kids. Others drive full time picking up people and delivering products. Our bodies and minds become stressed from these activities and show up in our bodies in various ways:
Notice Your Experience: A Guide to Finding Balance will help you unwind from a hectic day. Here are some poses for those of us that love our cars.
- Lie on your belly, propped up and resting on your elbows. Chill out here for five minutes, and your back will love you for it. This stretch will counter all of the sitting and bending over your work, which is taking the natural inward curve out of your lower back. Sphinx pose will help you restore the curve, release the tension in your hamstrings and hips, relax your shoulders and do wonders for your posture!
- Lie on your back over a blanket or pillow, with the cushion under your lower back, buttocks slightly off the floor. Hang out here for five minutes, helping to restore the natural inward curve of your lower back, and as a result more hamstring and hip flexibility.
- Lie on your back, with your legs up on the wall. Your buttocks do not have to be right up against the wall. Do what feels comfortable. If your hamstrings are tight you can put a pillow under your buttocks and if your neck is not comfortable grab a pillow and relax. This pose can help improve circulation, clear the mind, strengthen your immune system, and possibly help reduce blood pressure, anxiety, and depression. You will come out feeling like new!
Stressed Out?
Stress can leave us feel overwhelmed, exhausted and depleted of energy. Sometimes it can create an upset stomach or a throbbing headache. If you struggle to turn your brain off at the end of the day, you will love this pose!
- Lie on your back, with your legs up on the wall. Your buttocks do not have to be right up against the wall. Do what feels comfortable. If your hamstrings are tight you can put a pillow under your buttocks and if your neck is not comfortable grab a pillow and relax. This pose can help improve circulation, clear the mind, strengthen your immune system, and possibly help reduce blood pressure, anxiety, and depression. You will come out feeling like new!
Sore from Intense Workouts?
Muscles tight from your morning run? Feeling sore from your power yoga class? Do chronic injuries occasionally sideline you from your favorite sports? If so here are some deep passive stretches to complement all of your active muscle work:
- Lie on your belly, propped up and resting on your elbows. Chill out here for five minutes, and your back will love you for it. This stretch will counter all of the sitting and bending over your work, which is taking the natural inward curve out of your lower back. Sphinx pose will help you restore the curve, release the tension in your hamstrings and hips, relax your shoulders and do wonders for your posture!
- Lie on your back facing a wall. Cross one ankle over the other knee/thigh, with the bottom leg propped up on the wall. This supported eye of the needle stretch targets your outer hip/glut region. Relax here for five minutes, and then do the other side.
- Lie on your back over a blanket or pillow, with the cushion under your upper back, head and neck feeling comfortable and your arms stretched out at the level of your shoulders or over your head, palms up. Place your legs in a butterfly shape, soles of the feet together, hips open. Chill here for five minutes, and enjoy!
Back Pain Slowing You Down?
One-half of all working Americans admit to having back pain symptoms each year. Good posture, correct ergonomics at work & home, complemented with daily gentle stretching aids in maintaining a healthy spine. Here are some poses that you might enjoy.
- Lie on your belly, propped up and resting on your elbows. Chill out here for five minutes, and your back will love you for it. This stretch will counter all of the sitting and bending over your work, which is taking the natural inward curve out of your lower back. Sphinx pose will help you restore the curve, release the tension in your hamstrings and hips, relax your shoulders and do wonders for your posture!
- Lie on your back over a blanket or pillow, with the cushion under your lower back, buttocks slightly off the floor. Hang out here for five minutes, helping to restore the natural inward curve of your lower back, and as a result more hamstring and hip flexibility.
Meditation Procrastination?
Have you wanted to start a meditation practice and hesitated because it never
seemed convenient? Do you crave for a drug free way to relax your body
and mind? Notice Your Experience is the first
step in learning to sit with ourselves without cutting ourselves off from our
busy and complicated lives. Just try one pose for 5 minutes a day and you
will be on your way to discovering how to just be.
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