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Deskworkers Antidote – Part 2 for Exp. Beginner Level: Firmness and Weight Bearing on Legs and Shoulders
This session is part of a series of classes to strengthen the legs, align the hips, keep the groin area (the hip flexors) soft, and move the shoulders and upper back - in other words, an antidote to sitting on chairs for long hours. Not just deskworkers, but anyone engaged in any sporting activity that might work some muscle groups intensely, but does not address all muscles in all directions, will also benefit from this session. This session adds weight-bearing to both shoulders and legs.
This session can be done as a stand-alone session, but it builds up on the session Deskworkers Antidote - Part 1 of 2: Unfreeze Hips, Keep Shoulders Mobile. We recommend that you do both sessions in a series.
Level: Experienced Beginner
Duration: 70 mins.
Props needed: a stack of blankets or a bolster, a couple of blocks, a yoga strap, access to a wall
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This session is part of a series of classes to strengthen the legs, align the hips, keep the groin area (the hip flexors) soft, and move the shoulders and upper back – in other words, an antidote to sitting on chairs for long hours. When we sit for long hours in one position, the joints and the associated muscles get ‘locked’ in that position. In the case of sitting on chairs and working at a desk/ computer, this is a partially flexed position at the hips, knees, elbows. this is accompanied by a rolling forward of the shoulders, slouching of upper back, ‘closing’ of the chest. This effects not just our posture, but also our breath, and the functioning of our digestive and reproductive systems. Prolonged sitting like this requires opposing/ balancing actions.
Not just deskworkers, but anyone engaged in any sporting activity that might work some muscle groups intensely, but does not address all muscles in all directions, will also benefit from this session, This session adds weight-bearing to both shoulders and legs. The weight bearing actions are introduced after exploring variations in positions, firming and extending the arms, legs, shoulders and hips. These explorations were done in the related session whose link is provided here. This session also includes inversions, and therefore extends the much beyond the skeleto-muscular. We end with breath-work in supine position.