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    Exercises for People Who Sit at Work

    By Michela | December 10, 2007

    Enjoy these exercises at your desk to help keep your body from getting too stiff and to keep your energy flowing. It’s helpful to do them several times a day while feeling your body and your breath.

    Eyes:
    1. Rub both hands and create heat in your palms.
    2. Slowly close your eyes and place your palms over your eyes.
    3. Be careful not to press too hard.
    4. Imagine an energy ball from your hands going through your eyes, making them clear and bright.
    5. Move  your eyeballs left and right, up and down, and rotate them clockwise and counterclockwise.
    6. Breath deeply in and out 3 times.

    Shoulder exercise:
    1. Breathe deeply and lift your shoulders to your ears and pause for a moment.
    2. Exhale and drop your shoulders.
    3. Breathe deeply and lift the left shoulder to your left ear and lower the right shoulder as much as you can.
    4. Drop the shoulder and exhale at the same time.
    5. Do the same on the other side.
    6. Rotate your shoulders forward and backward.

    Back Exercise:
    1. Push your chair back and sit comfortably.
    2. Breathe in and lean forward all the way, exhale and come back.
    3. Breathe in and bring one knee up to your chest. Hold for 5 seconds. Exhale and return your leg to the ground.
    4. Do the same for the other side. Repeat 4 to 6 times.

    Waste and Stomach Exercise:
    1. Stand in front of your desk and stand with yoru feet shoulder width apart holding the desk with your  hands.
    2. Inhale, bend forward with your chin tucked into your chest. Arch your spine up as high as you can and hold the position for a few seconds.
    3. Exhale, bring  your head up while pushing your waist toward the floor.

    Body Stretch and Foot Exercise:
    1. While sitting, breathe in and stretch your whole body.
    2. Pull your toes toward you.
    3. Exhale, and stretch your toes away from you.

    Intestine exercise:
    1. Bring the muscle wall of your lower abdomen in toward your back as far as you can, as if there was a string pulling in your navel.
    2. Push your lower abdomen away from your back as far as you can.
    3. Breath naturally, inhaling through your nose and exhaling through your mouth.
    4. Do as many as you can throughout the day.

    Topics: Body, Dahn Yoga, Exercise |

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