Antidotes to Desk Work
Do you ever feel like you can't stand up straight after sitting at a desk all day? Do you get back and neck aches? Pain in the arms are wrists? Desk working causes tight hips, shoulders and chest along with weak abs and glutes. All these things lead to aches and pains, and if left unattended, to weakness, injury and even spinal degeneration. (I know from experience!) This collection of classes and short tutorials that will help you reverse the home office hunch. There is a strong focus on opening the front body and building strength along the back body.
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Zoomtastic Yin - King Arthur & Reclined Virasana
Access deep into the quads and hip flexors to create a spacious front-body opening.
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Desk Break - Wrist, Shoulder and Neck Release
Release tension in overused wrists, shoulders and neck with targeted stretches.
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Sweat & Flow into Bow Pose
Improve spinal mobility and uplift your mood with energy with this flow culminating in Bow pose.
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Desk Break - Unfolding at the Hips
Targeted stretching to help unfold the hips after long days sitting at a desk.
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Zoomtastic Flow - Quad Opening and Bow Pose
Open the front body and strengthen the back body. You will very awake and energised afterward.
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Zoomtastic Yin - Shoulder and Quad opening
Open up through the shoulders and quads to reverse modern life. Have a strap and blocks ready.
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Zoomtastic Yin - Frog Legs and Backbends
Enjoy an opening of the quads, hips and front body. Have blocks, pillows, strap and blanket ready.
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Zoomtastic Flow - Neck & Shoulder Relief
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Desk Break - Reverse the Hanging Head
After hours of looking at screens you may find your head hanging and your neck aching. Use this simple set of exercises to ease stiff muscles and feel lighter again. You will engage and strengthen the muscles of the neck and upper back.
