Many of us might go by the misconception that Yoga needs more space and props, and thus can’t be practiced in our offices. Au contraire, it can be easily practiced in an office space, and all you need as a prop is your rickety yet trusty chair. So, without further ado, let us check out some simple ‘chair’ Yoga poses that would kill your office hours, and yet make you fitter.
Lotus Pose
One of the traditional meditative poses in Yoga, this posture requires you to sit straight on your chair, while you point your palms upwards, with your thumbs touching your first fingers. If decorum allows it, you can also fold one of your legs and rest it upon the other. This position relaxes your spine, while alleviating it from the stress of sitting all day in a chair.
Torso Twist
This posture requires you to firmly sit sideways in a chair, with the right side of your upper torso supported along the chair’s back. For additional support you can keep your arms rested upon the chair’s edges. Now, you need to push the right side of the chair’s back away from you (while the left side is being pulled towards you). Finally, you need to go into an exhaling pattern during this rotational motion, while the pose is kept for around 30 seconds.
Mountain Pose (Sitting)
This is considered as one of the basic ‘asanas’ in a Yoga scope. The simplistic pose in its sitting variant requires you to just sit on a chair, but with a certain degree of balance (heels facing a little outward direction, while the leg weight rest on your toes). Then you have to raise your arms towards the ceiling, while the body gets stretched and flexed throughout its core. A harmonious breathing pattern also helps in this situation, which ultimately aims for a state of relaxation and concentration for other complex poses.
Lunge
This is a great exercise for flexing your hamstrings and strengthening your glutes. The relatively simple posture requires you to place your hands on the chair, while you move your left foot backwards. This helps you to move into a lunge position, with the level of the body being kept low.
Restorative Pose
Perhaps the simplest yet most important pose of them all, the Restorative Pose allows you to relax after a hard day’s work. Beneficial for mitigating both stress and fatigue, the easy posture requires you to rest your arms in a crossed manner on the front table. Then you simply need to place your head in between the rested arms, while keeping your spine firm and shoulders relaxed.
