| As you exhale pull both kneecaps up tight - not back | | | | seat, to blocks on the chair seat, and then after you |
| and drop the right hip. This seems quite simple to do | | | | have accomplished that try with your leg placed on the |
| and does work quite deep around the hips and helps | | | | chair back. |
| with back pain. Then change legs. | | | | For those who have managed to get to the chair back |
| To take it the next level this time after you have | | | | level, you could try raising your leg and place your foot |
| 'dropped' your hip as you exhale arch your back | | | | on the breakfast bar while you're waiting for the water |
| reaching your hands towards your feet and begin to | | | | to boil for your tea or coffee. Food for thought? |
| place your torso on your raised leg. Now for some this | | | | Whatever level you're at with yoga, you will have |
| may not be easy as there are different sorts of back | | | | greater benefit if you 'allow' it to happen rather than |
| pain that's ok, for those, as you exhale instead of | | | | make it happen. Yoga is a journey rather than a |
| reaching for your feet reach for either your knee, shin, | | | | destination teaching you new things along the way and |
| ankle and find your 'comfort' level. | | | | who you become. |
| Remember to aim to keep your body square and | | | | Enjoy your yoga and pass on what you have learnt, |
| level, use your breath as a guide to see how you are | | | | even the simplest of postures have benefit helping you |
| doing. (If your breath is ragged your working too hard). | | | | to be back pain free. |
| The pose needs to be 'agreeably uncomfortable'. With | | | | Also look at your life style to see how you can |
| the breath and posture under your control, (not the | | | | improve what you are doing, like sitting in chair- are you |
| ego's) start to refine the posture. | | | | sitting upright as you are reading this? Are you |
| After regular exercise your back/legs would have | | | | slumped over your computer? How do you walk - |
| stretched accordingly and in line helping you with your | | | | 12.00 o'clock or ten to two? Monitor how you are |
| back pain. You can then go to the next level which is | | | | doing, be more aware. |
| by increasing the height of the raised leg from the chair | | | | |