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Yoga for Daily Wellness: Simple Stretches to Feel Better

bySaumya MishraAvailable Online; In-person sessions in BengaluruStarts from500 per workshopView full gallery

Yoga isn't about perfectly touching your toes. It is about how you feel when you wake up, how your back feels after a long day at your desk, and how you breathe. Here are simple, daily movements to help you listen to your body and find relief.

With our sedentary lifestyles, it's common to have lower back aches. Practice these gentle poses like cat-cow, bridge pose, and child's pose to find relief and release tension in your back.

Here are a few supine (lying on your back) postures you can add to your practice to alleviate common back aches and pains. This sequence includes bridge pose, knee-to-chest holds, and happy baby pose.

This video offers simple yet effective movements to release tension from the neck, shoulders, and upper back. Remember to move slowly and coordinate your breath with each movement.

Make your spine feel happy with these movements. This is a gentle flow that includes cat-cow, lateral bends, and twists to improve spine mobility.

This is a hip opening flow for tight hips, where we often hold a lot of stress. The sequence moves through poses like pigeon and lizard lunge to help you release that tension.

Add these supine postures to your practice for opening the hips and legs. I guide you through several stretches you can do while lying on your back. Hold each posture for 30 seconds to a minute.

Mobility Monday. This video includes three flows to get your hips, legs, and lower body moving. It's a perfect way to start your week feeling more flexible and energized.

Add these movements to your practice for more mobility and agility in your lower body. This sequence includes squats and lunges to open the hips. Remember to listen to your body.

Do you feel tension in your wrists? Save this video. These wrist warm-ups and strengthening exercises are great to do regularly, especially before any arm balancing practice.

Just finished a run? Save this 10-minute post-run yoga flow. It will help you stretch out your muscles and cool down properly.

About Yoga for Daily Wellness

I see a lot of people struggling with 'tech neck' and lower back tension from spending hours in front of a screen. You don't need a heavy-duty workout to fix it; just 10 minutes of targeted cat-cow flows and wrist warm-ups can significantly shift how your body feels by the end of the day. If you are feeling stiff, try these gentle sequences to start releasing that accumulated stress.

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