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Blog Entry 6: Stretching at Work / Yoga at Your Desk

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This section is for you to continue stretching on your own. The stretching session has three parts: warm up, alignment and stretching yoga style. It is an honor system, so I trust you will stretch in order to improve your mind-body connection, relax and experience peaceful and quiet happiness in the midst of the challenges we are all facing. You will watch videos that will guide your through the stretching session today. Another video will inform you of the importance of stretching in the workplace. ---------------------- I. WARM UP (6:19 min) Body Warm-Up Let us do our isolation warm-up routine as we have done in class: neck shoulders arms torso hips legs ankles ----------------------- II - Alignment Body Alignment (2:00 min) Close your eyes Imagine a string pulling you from the top of your head up towards infinite Elongate of your neck relax your shoulders Imagine gravity is pulling you towards the ground, from the bottom of ...

Blog Entry 5: Mindfulness in Business

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This section is for you to continue stretching on your own. The stretching session has three parts: warm up, alignment and stretching yoga style. It is an honor system, so I trust you will stretch in order to improve your mind-body connection, relax and experience peaceful and quiet happiness in the midst of the challenges we are all facing. You will read a brief article further explain the importance of mindfulness. --------------------------------- I. WARM UP   (6:19 min) Body Warm-Up Let us do our isolation warm-up routine as we have done in class: neck shoulders arms torso hips legs ankles ----------------------- II - Alignment Body Alignment (2:00 min) Close your eyes Imagine a string pulling you from the top of your head up towards infinite Elongate of your neck relax your shoulders Imagine gravity is pulling you towards the ground, from the bottom of your feet downward Inhale and on the exhale press your abdomen...

Blog Entry 4: Stretching in Corporate America

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This section is for you to continue stretching on your own. The stretching session has three parts: warm up, alignment and stretching yoga style. It is an honor system, so I trust you will stretch in order to improve your mind-body connection, relax and experience peaceful and quiet happiness in the midst of the challenges we are all facing. You will watch s video that will introduce you to the practice of mindfulness, a natural result of practicing stretching yoga style. ----------------------------------- I. WARM UP   (6:19 min) Body Warm-Up Let us do our isolation warm-up routine as we have done in class: neck shoulders arms torso hips legs ankles -------------------------------- II - Alignment Body Alignment (2:00 min) Close your eyes Imagine a string pulling you from the top of your head up towards infinite Elongate of your neck relax your shoulders Imagine gravity is pulling you towards the ground, from t...

Blog Entry 3: Outside the Studio Stretching / Sharing a Former Student's Feedback

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  Activities for Today This section, as stressed before, is for you to continue stretching on your own. The stretching session has three parts: warm up, alignment and stretching yoga style. As stated before, it is an honor system, so I trust you will stretch in order to improve your mind-body connection, relax and experience peaceful and quiet happiness in the midst of the challenges we are all facing. You will continue watching a series of videos that will guide you through the stretching session today. A former student's letter will illustrate how stretching will help you when you graduate and join the labor market. Finally, you will explain the benefits of stretching for the muscle groups mentioned below. ------------------------------- I - Warm Up Body Warm Up (6:19 min) Let us do our isolation warm-up routine as we have done in class: neck shoulders arms torso hips legs ankles Question 1 Write a reflection about the warm up....

Blog Entry 2: Stretches, Posture, Asanas & Breathing

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This section is for you to continue stretching on your own. The stretching session has three parts: warm up, alignment and stretching yoga style. It is an honor system, so I trust you will stretch in order to improve your mind-body connection, relax and experience peaceful and quiet happiness in the midst of the challenges we are all facing. You will watch some videos that will add to your knowledge of stretching yoga style. Finally, you will explain the benefits of stretching for the mentioned muscle groups. I. WARM UP   (6:19 min) Body Warm Up Let us do our isolation warm-up routine as we have done in class: neck shoulders arms torso hips legs ankles ----------------------------------------- Alignment II. Body Alignment (2:00 min) Close your eyes Imagine a string pulling you from the top of your head up towards infinite Elongate of your neck relax your shoulders Imagine gravity is pulling you towards the ground, from ...