5 Minute Yoga - Hands and Stress Relief
Enjoy this quick video for a 5-minute stress relief break and get some good flexibility back in your hands! Our wrist and hands are overused daily with smart phones and technology while our minds are constantly on overloaded and in stress-mode. This video combines a simple breathing technique along with stretches for the hands and wrists to alleviate tension from excessive use with cell phones or other repetitive activities. Thanks for watching and please remember to subscribe!
Stress Better: Alternate Nostril Breathing
Nadi Shodhana pranayama or alternate nostril breathing is a breathing yoga practice that uses balancing the breath on the left and right sides of the body to create focus of the mind, relax the body and calm the autonomic nervous system. “Nadi” is a Sanskrit word meaning “channel” or “flow” relating to the energy channels in the subtle body and Shodhana means “to purify”. This breathing practice can be performed anywhere and anytime with no contraindications. The main benefits of the practice of alternate nostril breathing include infusing the body with oxygen, supporting clear and balanced respiratory channels, clearing and releasing toxins (don’t be surprised if your nose is runny after performing this), reducing stress and anxiety, calming and rejuvenating the nervous system, improving mental clarity, enhancing the ability to concentrate, and bringing balance to the left and right hemispheres of the brain
Nadi Shodhana pranayama or alternate nostril breathing is a breathing yoga practice that uses balancing the breath on the left and right sides of the body to create focus of the mind, relax the body and calm the autonomic nervous system. “Nadi” is a Sanskrit word meaning “channel” or “flow” relating to the energy channels in the subtle body and Shodhana means “to purify”. This breathing practice can be performed anywhere and anytime with no contraindications. The main benefits of the practice of alternate nostril breathing include infusing the body with oxygen, supporting clear and balanced respiratory channels, clearing and releasing toxins (don’t be surprised if your nose is runny after performing this), reducing stress and anxiety, calming and rejuvenating the nervous system, improving mental clarity, enhancing the ability to concentrate, and bringing balance to the left and right hemispheres of the brain
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Stress Better: Are You Stressed?
Breath Awareness can be used to determine if we are in “Flight or Fight” mode or “Relax and Renew” mode of our autonomic nervous system. Follow along with this video to evaluate your breath awareness to determine if your body is “stressed” and then learn a controlled breathing exercise to relax your body and calm your nervous system.
Breath Awareness can be used to determine if we are in “Flight or Fight” mode or “Relax and Renew” mode of our autonomic nervous system. Follow along with this video to evaluate your breath awareness to determine if your body is “stressed” and then learn a controlled breathing exercise to relax your body and calm your nervous system.
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