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YOGA FOR A Airplanes and yoga don’t often mix. There’s nothing like a few hour If you’re on a long haul flight, stretching ou
Try this in-flight yoga routine to help your body f This way you’ll land with a MEDITATION Assume any comfortable seated position and straighten your spine. If you’re in a regular seat, scoot slightly forward to avoid rounding your back. Pivot into the hips and engage the pelvic floor. Close your eyes, bring your attention to your breath. Count your breath backward from ten. Repeat a few times. Then let your attention rest on the heart centre. Open your eyes.
SEATED LEG LIFTS Pivot slightly forward into your hips. Draw your right knee up into your chest and wrap your arms around your shin. Exhale as you extend your left leg as much as possible. Stay for five breaths. Reach under your thigh and wrap your arms around. Inhale as you suck in the lower abdomen. Exhale as you straighten the leg as much as accessible. Stay for five breaths, then repeat on the other aide. Next try both legs. Lean back on your sacrum and hug both knees into your chest. Tuck the head under and exhale as you round the back. Stay for five breaths. Either wrap the arms around your thighs or hold the feet. Inhale as your straighten the legs as much as accessible. Be aware of overhead space. Stay for five breaths.
