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Yoga at Your Desk: Free Printable Sequence and Videos

Research proves what many of us already know: Working long hours at a desk is unsuitable for our overall health, but chair yoga can help! Luckily, we have a printable PDF with a yoga sequence you can do at your desk so you can incorporate yoga into your daily work routine. Challenges from these long hours include overstretching the back and shortening the chest and hips. Overstretching can lead to decreased ability to move, lung capacity, headaches, stress, tension, and pain.

However, there is help! You can do Yoga at your desk to find more balance and ease. With this printable

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Exercise for a Clean Stomach: 8 Ways To Better Gut Health

Maintaining a healthy digestive system is crucial for overall well-being, ensuring our bodies can efficiently process and absorb nutrients. One effective method to support digestive health is through regular exercise. This article explores the importance of incorporating exercise to clean the stomach. Highlighting various exercises and lifestyle changes that can enhance digestion and promote a healthy gut. Understanding and applying these practices can significantly improve your digestive health and overall quality of life.

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Yoga Body Types: Vata, Pitta, Kapha Ayurveda Doshas

Yoga body types are specific classifications that categorize individuals based on physical and energetic characteristics. These classifications help create personalized yoga practices that cater to each individual’s unique needs. Understanding yoga body types is crucial because it acknowledges that everyone has different strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies, which can significantly impact their yoga practice and overall health.

Recognizing different body types allows yoga practitioners to tailor their practice to achieve optimal health, balance, and well-being. By aligning yoga routines with the specific needs of their body type, individuals can maximize the benefits of their practice. For example, certain body types may benefit

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Yoga Strap for Posture and Pose Correction : Stand Tall

The yoga strap is an essential tool for many Yoga Practitioners. Looking much like a pants belt, the yoga strap is a long strip of fabric with a stainless steel or plastic buckle on one end. With proper use, this simple tool can help your yoga posture accessibility and alignment. Plus, using a yoga strap for posture can correct your everyday standing using this article’s DIY steps. Their role and adaptability across different experience levels and body types make this “yoga belt” a go-to and a great value yoga prop.

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Benefits of Yoga in the Workplace – Wellness Matters

The benefits of Yoga in the Workplace are gaining momentum. Companies like Chase Manhattan Bank have implemented yoga and wellness programs, observing notable improvements in employee health, productivity, and overall workplace morale.

These businesses are pioneering examples of how integrating yoga into corporate wellness strategies can lead to a healthier, more engaged, and more productive workforce. This trend reflects a growing awareness of the importance of holistic health in the workplace.

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Nerve Gliding Exercises for Shoulder: Ultimate Guide

Nerve gliding exercises are gentle stretches or movements designed to relieve nerve tension, provide pain relief, and improve mobility in the affected area. These gentle exercises are crucial for managing conditions like radial neuropathy, cubital tunnel syndrome, and carpal tunnel syndrome. They aim to mobilize different nerves, or bundle of nerves (like brachial plexus) that have become immobile or stuck due to adhesions or inflammation along their pathway, such as the ulnar and radial nerve.

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How to Stop Toes From Curling: Exercises and Footwear Fixes

Toes curling is a common condition that affects most people at some point in their lives. From the telltale bent position of a hammer toe to the painful corns from curly toes, this condition can range from unsightly to incredibly painful. Read on if you’ve ever wondered how to stop toes from curling or the underlying causes.

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What are the Benefits of Stretching Toes?

The human foot is a complex body part that contains 26 bones and 33 joints. It is the backbone of the body and is responsible for supporting the entire weight of the body, as well as providing balance and stability while walking, running, and engaging in other physical activities. With all the pressure and stress put on the feet, it is no surprise that foot problems such as plantar fasciitis, ankle treatment, and hammer toe are some of the most common forms of foot pain.

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Our Yoga Blog and Our Values

At Asana at Home, we value the yoga journey’s different aspects and its connection to our values: community, progress, creativity, meaningful relationships, and fun. In addition, we love how yoga connects the mind and the body in many ways, using many forms.

Our Yoga Blog will offer you inspiring personal stories from our students starting on their journey and the valuable experiences they’re learning. You’ll also read motivating personal stories from our teachers about how they got started, what yoga means to them, and essential tips they’ve learned on their journeys. Finally you’ll find articles covering topics in our Yoga Instructor Blog, Beginner Yoga Blog, Yoga Poses, Yoga at Home Blog, Chakra Blog, Health Blog and Meditation Blog.

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