Nov 1, 2009 
I love restorative yoga. Anyone who has every been to my classes knows I love to curl up, roll on the floor and just relax. I remember in a training hearing the instructor say restorative yoga is like peeling the layers off an onion. As you relax those layers of fatigue and stress begin to melt off one bu oea nd we can be reborn with a calm cool center and nice relaxed facial muscles. My own... read more
Like a Bug in a Rug or a Bear in a Cave: Rest and Digest Part 1
Oct 17, 2009 
Perhaps a perfect followup to the yoga of work and other constrained space is Mudras: Yoga in your Hands. Gertrud Hirschi has compiled a wonderful little book with extensive Mudras for all purposes. The term Mudra refers to a hand gesture (or as you will see in this book can also refer to a full body gesture) determined to create a certain energetic effect. Depression, insecurity, inspiration, bodily... read more
Yoga in Your Hands
Oct 16, 2009 
For this installment of at work yoga: a miscellaneous prize bag of sweet moves some of which may even require you to hop right up out of the chair!
Try a gentle twist. Start in the chair yoga position (for direction see installment one). Inhale fully and as you exhale, twist to the right. Keep your chin in place allowing the twist to move up the body, starting at the belly and moving up through the... read more
Public Displays of Stretching Part 3: A Mixtape of Desk-Time Relief
Oct 11, 2009 
When I get home from a full day or after a full week of typing, mouse clicking madness, my neck and shoulders are often ridiculously tense. Maybe yours too. With all the reaching, handing, driving, cell phone talking and general doing we often feel tight at the end of the day. Here are some prime ideas to do throughout the day to keep your shoulders limber.
Assume the chair yoga position (to see the... read more
Public Displays of Stretching Part 2: In order to fly we must stretch our wings
Oct 7, 2009
Public Displays of Stretching: Five Minute Yoga at Work. Part 1
If you work a desk job (like me) then chances are the you are sore: neck, shoulders, low back, mid back. They are so many things you can do at work to alleviate at least a little of your occupational tension. The basic principles of chair yoga are to first make sure you are in a position with good alignment to begin with. No slouchy low riding like you do all day. Scoot to the edge of the chair and even... read more
