Yoga for office (formal) people

{Disclaimer: This blog was written for the company I used to work for and I posted it because there are fond memories associated with it.}

“Health is wealth”, but running for wealth and infecting your health is the tagline of most metropolitan cities. A comfortable air conditioned life comes at the exchange of increasing pollution levels which ultimately hampers our health. “From next Monday” is just an excuse given by our idle mind to skip workout. I have some affordable “Yoga” Asanas for your idle mind that can easily be done in office as well.

1) Check-in for neck.

Of course, this asana is not about checking whether the boss is on a round or not. Here are some simple steps. Firstly, inhale while bending your head downwards in the left direction and exhale while lifting it up. Repeat the same process in the other direction.

Note: Do keep your neck and spine long. Conduct the Asana for atleast 5 mins.

2) Twist the wrist

After scrolling down on Facebook timeline for hours, your hands need to take rest. So, rotate your wrist for 3 mins (in every 2 hours) for maintaining blood flow to your wrist joints. Stretch out your fingers and then make a punch and try not to punch any colleague as that is against HR policies!!

Note: Perform this exercise at least for 10 minutes a day and especially for coders (or IT based people) exercise no less than 15 minutes!!

3) Revision of shoulder

Excess of work pressure tends to damage your shoulders. Here’s a remedy: Take a deep breathe in, move your shoulders up and breathe out while relaxing them. Give a little attention to the breathing cycle. Make sure your neck and spine are comfortably straight.

Note: Do nine to eleven rotations and don’t forget to sing the song “shoulder-shoulder, meethi baatein bolkar. Dil tu chura le gaya”

4) Walk out of the box

Not sure about if “think out of the box” gives you a creative idea or not, but “walk out of the box” will surely give your legs some relief. Take a small tour of the office campus after lunch or in the evening. Well, after lunch is more suitable for you as it helps in digestion.

Note: Try not to walk out before the office timing ends!!

5) Close the door of the stress room

Staring at ant sized texts, moulded in times new roman for hours, is not an easy task. Work can wait, not your health. Keep your back straight, sit in a comfortable position and close your eyes. Do breathe in and breathe out for at least 5 minutes. Relax your body and unburden all the stress.

Note: Just do not fall asleep while performing the exercise!!

I finally end my lame joxx here and sincerely hope that you people find time from your hectic schedule to perform these easy and effective exercises.

“Build up your health. Do not dwell in silence upon your sorrows”

– Swami vivekananda