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Gentle Chair Yoga Exercises

Chair yoga is a great way to get the benefits of traditional yoga asanas, when mobility issues prevent you from standing or laying down. Use this short sequence as a gentle way to start your day, a midday destress, or an evening wind-down. Give it a try!<br><br>

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Gentle Chair Yoga Exercises

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  1. Gentle Chair Yoga Exercises White Pine Therapy

  2. Chair Yoga Chair yoga is a great way to get the benefits of traditional yoga asanas, when mobility issues prevent you from standing or laying down. Use this short sequence as a gentle way to start your day, a midday destress, or an evening wind-down. Give it a try!

  3. Side Stretch • Inhale. Reach both arms above your head. • Exhale. Drop your left hand to your left thigh, reach your right hand up towards the ceiling and slightly over to the corner of the wall (where the wall meets the ceiling). Continue to breathe for 3 more full breaths. You may rotate your pinky towards the ground and your thumb towards the ceiling for a slightly deeper stretch. • Repeat for the opposite side.

  4. Cross Body Arm Stretch • Inhale. Extend your right arm like you are going to shake someone’s hand. • Exhale. Bring your arm across your body to as far as it will go without bending at the elbow. • Inhale. Take your opposite hand and reach to grab your right upper arm. Your right elbow should now be resting on your left forearm. Continue to breath for 3 more full breaths. • As you exhale, use your left arm to gently guide your right arm further across your body. • Repeat for the opposite side.

  5. BUILD MOMENTUM • The idea is that you get up and do something, and by the very action of you getting up and doing something, you can find more motivation. • After all, the hardest part of a new undertaking is sometimes just getting started. Once you build momentum, you can set bigger milestones for yourself. • When you accomplish something – even something small – you your brain releases neurotransmitters get a boost in nerve receptors that make it pleasurable to continue down that road.

  6. Contact Us • mflanagan@whitepinetherapy.com • (470) 659-6276 • www.whitepinetherapy.com

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