Sunday, April 5, 2015

3 Simple Yoga Poses To Help You De-Stress

Feel calm and relaxed in 15 minutes or less.



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First, warm up with two to four sun salutations. Then do these poses, which were chosen by YogaWorks instructor Keisa Parrish to help anyone chill, de-stress, and breathe.


Restorative Twist on Bolster


Restorative Twist on Bolster


How to do it:

1. Sit beside a stack of folded blankets.

2. Place a folded blanket or a pillow between your knees.

3. Turn your chest towards the floor and lay your chest down on the blankets.

4. Bend both arms at 90 degrees, letting them say on the mat on either side of the blankets.

5. Close your eyes. Breathe.

6. Turn your head and repeat if it's comfortable to do so.


Do:

• Turn your chest to face the blanket before laying down.

• Keep both shoulders on the blanket.


Don’t:

• Let your shoulders come off the blanket.

• Don’t stack the feet; lay one foot in front of the other.


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Supta Baddha Konasana


Supta Baddha Konasana


How to do it:

1. Laying on your back with the bottoms of your feet touching, place a folded blanket or a couple of pillows under each leg.

2. The blankets should be holding your legs up high enough that you don’t feel a deep stretch in your inner thighs.

3. Place your hands on your belly.

4. Close your eyes and breathe.


Do:

• Relax your legs into the blanket.

• Lengthen the neck.


Don’t:

• Hold your legs up.


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