I heard Netflix has taken away the “Are you Still Watching?” function, because we’re ALL still watching. Hopefully these poses help you to stop watching, just for a bit….
Step One:
Break Eye Contact with Chin Lifts
Roll your shoulders back and lift your chin to neutral. Turn your head to look to the right, lift your chin as you gaze up towards the ceiling, then lower your chin back to neutral. Move your head to center before turning your head to the left, lifting your chin to gaze up towards the ceiling, and lowering your chin back down to neutral. Repeat slowly breaking your gaze from the computer screen.
Step Two:
Move from that watching the screen Sphinx Pose to Cobra Pose
From laying propped on the floor, resting on your forearms (with your legs extended behind you and your toes untucked): Move your hands back to plant, palms down, in line with your chest. Press down into your hands and the tops of your feet as you lift your head and chest off the floor. Keep your lower ribs on the floor. Open your chest, move your heart forward.
Step Three:
Take your dog for a walk
Since you’re probably already on the floor just move onto your hands and knees. Place your knees in line with your hips and your hands in line with your shoulders. Tuck your toes under and lift your knees away from the floor. Keep the knees slightly bent and the heels lifted away from the floor. Lift your tailbone toward the ceiling (envision an upside down “V”). You can peddle out the legs; bending and straightening on the breath.