Office Workout : 6 Yoga Poses To Do At Your Desk

Long hours of work at office can often leave you feeling exhausted and lacking energy. Take a break and incorporate these simple office yoga poses to relieve workplace stress and feel rejuvenated. Be healthier and happier everyday.

1. Seated Tadasana

Sit with back straight. Make sure your knees and feet are together. Lift your arms up and stretch. Try to stay and breathe for 3–5 slow counts.

Repeat 10 times.

2. Seated Uttanasana

Sit with your back straight. Bring your abdomen as close to the thigh as possible. Allow your neck to drop down. Hold for 10 seconds and breathing normally.

Do it 5 times.

3. Utkatasana (Chair Pose)

Inhale and raise your arms perpendicular to the floor. Exhale and bend your knees as if sitting on an imaginary chair while keeping them hips-width apart. Keep your chest forward and arms above your head, in line with the ears.

This pose works the muscles of the arms and legs and also stimulates the diaphragm and heart.

4. Vajrasana (Diamond Pose)

Sit down with your legs bent at the knee and tucked under your thighs. Your heels should touch your buttocks, and the toes should be kept together. If sitting like that gets too painful, get a small cushion or a thick folded cloth and place it under your feet.

Sit in the Vajrasana for at least 2 minutes.

5. Seated Backbend

Sit straight and reach your hands a couple inches behind your hips. Push into the chair, and reach your shoulder blades down and back. Send your gaze up.

Sit for 3 to 5 breaths.

6. Sitali Breathing

Sit in a chair or on the floor in an easy crossed-legged position with your eyes closed. Inhale through the mouth, letting the air pass over the tongue, feeling a cool breath, and then exhale through your nose.

Once you start incorporating yoga in your daily routine your soul will be enchanted with higher vibrations!

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