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Sun Salutations and backbends are great for opening up the shoulders. But if you have seriously tight shoulders and upper body, isolating the area with some static stretches can help relieve pain and creakiness. These five stretches will loosen the shoulders and help to keep you ouch-free.
Half Dog Shoulder Stretch
From Child’s Pose with your arms extended, lift your hips over your heels and slide your arms forward. The spine drapes toward the floor and the shoulders release. If this feels extreme, back off by bending your elbows and bringing your hands closer together. Stay and breathe for a few rounds, then shift back into Child’s Pose and draw your hands alongside your feet. Rest the backs of your hands on the floor by your hips, palms up.
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An energizing morning yoga flow can energize you set you up for a happier, more productive day. But with a nearly endless array of yoga videos to choose from, picking one before you’ve even had a cup of or coffee can make you want to pull the covers back over your head. To the rescue: 5 flows to help your ease into your day with an empowering, focused start:
Morning Yoga for Joy
This beginner-friendly joy-focused flow by This Curvy Yogi will perk up your body and mind. That’s because it offers back stretches, hip openers, and side body movements plus the empowering release of Lion’s Breath.
Lots of things can cause constipation: poor diet (especially not getting enough fiber and fluids), stress, travel, and even certain medications and digestive conditions like diabetes can all prevent your colon from absorbing enough water from the food you eat so it can be easily eliminated.
Drinking more water and adding fiber-rich foods to your diet can ease constipation, but so can movement. Physical activity stimulates the muscles in your intestine, so they can move your waste along more easily. Yoga has an added benefit in relieving constipation. Certain yoga poses particularly twists and poses that put pressure on the abdomen gently massage your digestive tract, encouraging it to move stool along. In fact, a 2015 study found that yoga can ease symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, which often includes bouts of constipation.
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Grow smarter with yoga
Updated Mar 17, 2021, 2:52 pm IST
Yoga specialist Namita Piparaiya suggests few yoga techniques that help supercharge your brain for success
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Looking at yogis contorting themselves into unthinkable postures, wrapping their limbs around like they were made of rubber, it is easy to imagine that yoga benefits only if you do the impossible. In reality, though, yoga is a far more inclusive practice that everyone can benefit from. More importantly, it is a practice that can transform and supercharge your brain, making you more productive and efficient in your everyday life.
In fact, regular yoga practice even helps increase your grey matter in areas responsible for memory retention and rational thinking. That is why consistent yoga practice improves focus, helps us control our emotions, reduces impulsive behaviour and improves decision-making.