Office Yoga: Five Yoga Asanas You Can Do At Your Workplace To Avoid Discomfort

Due to a misbalanced work-life, people don't get much time to practice yoga and doing regular desk jobs for more than 8 hours per day can result in backaches, shoulder and neck pains and a stiff body which can lead to serious health issues in future.

 

Sitting tadasana can help to relax the muscles of the arms and shoulders which get stiffed by working for long hours in front of a computer. Raise your hands above your head, make sure your elbows are near to your ears and stretch your hands as much as possible, drawing your thumbs towards the back of your head. Keep your legs under your hips, with your back straight, and in this position, take deep breaths 3-5 times.

After working for long hours in front of the computer, some stretches can help to ease up the stiffness this easiest and most relaxing exercise. A person needs to stretch his arms and make a fist of it, and revolve it in a clockwise and anti-clockwise direction. You can also move the arms out and move your palms in an upward and downward direction to ease up the tension on your hands, fingers and wrist.

This position can help from back aches and neck pains. Put your hands on your thighs, with your chin up to the ceiling or you can look parallel to the ground level, with your back straight, ensure you must not take support of the chair. As you exhale, round your back, pull your abdominals into your spine, tuck your chin under your stomach, and be as round as your upper back. Try to touch your toes while extending your hands towards the ground. 

To get rid of the imbalance of the hip, the 'Chair Pigeon' pose can help. Put your left ankle on your right knee, with your back straight and sit tall, make sure your ankle and the knee, are in a straight line. Take deep breaths 7-10 times. To intensify the exercise (if you can), just bend forward a bit while you inhale and exhale in the Chair Pigeon position.

 

Chair Savasana helps your body to get relax and the mind to get fresh after a long working day. Sit with your back straight, put your hands on your thighs, close your eyes and take deep breaths and let your body absorb all the positivity of this asana.