I've Got Your Back

This is just one yoga post out of many that assist in correcting your posture.

I feel many of us have been sitting at computers more often that not especially over the past couple of months. And I will tell you I do not have a state of the art, ergonomically correct chair. I DO have two pillows under my bum helping lift my spine a little taller as I work on my computer but that only does so much and then I need to go stretch it out. 

No matter what you do, it’s in my opinion, sitting at a desk working on a computer all day, doesn’t serve any ones bodies for the highest good BUT there are tools that can help support us such as Locust Pose.

Locust Pose aka Shalabasana

Benefits:

*Strengthens/tones muscles of the spine, buttocks, back of the legs and arms

*Stretches the shoulders, chest, belly and thighs

*Improves Posture

*Stimulates abdominal organs, improving digestion

*Helps relieve stress

Before entering this pose you can do these poses: Cat/Cow, Paschimottanasana/Seated Forward Fold, Baddha Konasana/Bound Angle, Bhujangasana/Cobra Pose.

How To: 

1) Begin on your belly arms along side body, palms down, forehead on floor.

2) Anchor the pubic bone down into the floor, keeping legs active and together.

3) Inhale: Lift head and shoulders, extending the spine and neck.

4) Next, lift arms and legs off mat (only if it feel good), shoulders wrap backwards.

5) Breathe slowly/deeply into belly and out.

Contraindications:

Pregnancy, Spinal/back/neck injury, abdominal surgery, headache, high blood pressure.

Give it a try and let me know how it goes for you!

If you want to fly, you have to let go of things that way you down.

Loving & Supporting you along the way.

~T~