Does your back pain due to sitting or standing for long hours? Do this simple yoga exercise anytime, anywhere and be free from back pain in just five minutes with All Direction Back Stretch!
How To Do The All Direction Back Stretch?
You can comfortably practice this yoga exercise for back pain anywhere as a part of office yoga on your chair at the work desk, airplane yoga, in front of your television during a break or on the yoga mat.
Sit comfortably in Sukhasana (cross-legged pose). Keep your back straight and shoulders relaxed. Most importantly, smile. If you prefer to practise these yoga postures while standing, keep your feet parallel.
Lengthening The Spine
- Breathing in, slowly lift your arms up from the sides.
- Interlace your fingers so that the thumbs touch each other gently.
- Stretch up as much as you comfortably can. Keep your elbows straight and ensure that your biceps touch your ears.
- Hold this posture for 2-3 long deep breaths.
Tip to deepen the back stretch: Gently pull the navel (inwards) towards the spine.
Twisting The Spine To Right and Left
Your fingers continue to remain interlaced above your head.
- Breathing out, gently twist to the right side. Hold this position for 2-3 long breaths.
- Inhale, come back to the center.
- Exhale, turn to your left side and again hold this position for 2-3 long breaths.
- Inhale and return to the center.
Bending The Spine Right and Left
Your fingers continue to remain interlaced above your head.
- Exhale and slightly bend to the right side. Hold and keep breathing.
- Breathe in and come back to the center.
- Exhale and bend a little to the left side. Ensure that you are not bending to the front or back, and that one hand is not stretched more than the other.
- Breathing in, come back to the center.
Tip to deepen the back stretch: Engage your abdominal muscles during the stretch.
Bending The Spine Forward and Backward
How this back stretch helps? Gives a nice massage to the lower back.
Twisting The Spine From Side-to-Side
Tip to deepen this stretch: Engage the abdominal muscles in addition to the hip muscles to twist further.
Benefits of All Direction Back Stretch
- Helps improve the body posture
- Strengthens the back and abdominal muscles
- Completely relaxes the tired back
- Good way to warm up the body before practicing other yoga postures
- Helps open up the lungs so that they can be used to their full capacity
Note: We strongly advise those suffering from slip disc to practice yoga postures to relieve backache only after consulting their doctor. Practice yoga postures at home after learning it under the guidance of a Art of Living Yoga teacher.
Inputs by Dr. Sejal Shah, a Art of Living Yoga teacher, the All Direction Back Stretch yoga exercise strengthens and stretches your back muscles in all possible directions, offering a complete workout for a healthy spine. Additionally, this yoga exercise also works out the abdominal muscles.
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