Yoga For Poor Posture

The Yoga For Poor Posture course provides you with a series of classes that will assist you to correct the problems commonly associated with habitual slouching.

Classes Available

Intermediate

Gentle Class For Upper Back And Shoulders – Weekly Intermediate Class 93

40 Min

Focus

This class focuses on poses that give a gentle opening to the thoracic spine and shoulders. With people spending longer periods of time sitting at desks and working on computers, stiffness in these areas is becoming increasingly common in today’s...

Key Poses

Matsyasana (from sukhasana), baddhanguliyasana, ustrasana, chatushpadasana

Equipment

Mat, chair, 3 blankets, 2 blocks, belt
Intermediate

Yoga For Office Workers – Weekly Intermediate Class 105

45 Min

Focus

This class focuses on yoga for office workers or people who spend long hours at desks and computers. Although a specific yoga chair is used in these images a standard office style chair can be used for each pose. The...

Key Poses

Parvatasana, garudasana, gomukhasana, purvottanasana, chair bharadvajasana.

Equipment

Mat, chair.
Intermediate

Yoga Poses To Improve Your Posture – Weekly Intermediate Class 110

40 Min

Focus

This class focuses on poses that will help to alleviate rounded shoulders, collapsed chest, kyphosis, and forward head. To varying degrees these are afflictions that are encountered by many people working for long periods of time at desks and computers....

Key Poses

Tadasana, utkatasana, parsvottanasana, salabhasana, chatushpadasana, purvottanasana.

Equipment

Mat, chair, 2 blankets, 2 blocks, belt.
Intermediate

Chest Opening – Weekly Intermediate Class 122

45 Min

Focus

This class is based around poses that help to open your chest. Many of the poses use supports, and some of them have a restorative emphasis. Viparita dandasana is one of the main poses featured in sequence. Several variations of...

Key Poses

Viparita dandasana, setu bandha, purvottanasana.

Equipment

Mat, 2 chairs, 2 bolsters, 2 blocks, 2 blankets.
Intermediate

Yoga For Strength – Weekly Intermediate Class 123

50 Min

Focus

This class features poses to help improve overall body strength. Most of the main muscle groups in the body are targeted in this 50 minute video. The class begins with some preparatory inversions that help to build upper body strength....

Key Poses

Chaturanga dandasana, eka hasta bhujasana, paripurna navasana, ardha navasana.

Equipment

Mat, 2 blocks, blanket.

Course Overview

Description

The Yoga For Poor Posture course provides you with a series of classes that will assist you to correct the problems commonly associated with habitual slouching. In our modern age poor posture is becoming increasingly prevalent. Whether it is from extended periods of computer work, smart phone usage, or lounging around on the couch, our bodies are often held in positions where the thoracic spine is in an exaggerated kyphosis, with the shoulders and neck sitting forwards. Over time this can lead to a range of ill health effects, including back pain, neck pain, shoulder tightness, headaches, poor balance and breathing difficulties. It can even contribute to incontinence, heartburn and constipation. If you have any of these complications of poor posture it is important that you consult a health professional.

In order to correct poor posture, the aim is to open the body out from the habitual hunched over position so that the spine is in an upright and neutral position. This involves opening the chest via release of the pectoral muscles combined with thoracic spine extension. In tandem with this, shoulder mobility and strengthening is also important, in order that the shoulders can be supported by the rotator cuff muscles and sit in a healthier position. Core strength is also crucial for supporting and stabilising the spine. It often deteriorates over time with chronic poor posture.

Who is this course for?

  • Individuals suffering from poor posture
  • Those looking to reduce the impact of computer work and smartphone usage on the body
  • This is an intermediate course – completion of the Yoga Selection Beginners courses or at least three months of prior yoga experience is recomm

How will this course help?

The classes in this course include sequences that focus on chest opening, shoulder mobilisation and strengthening and core stabilisation. If you are prone to poor posture, regular practice of these sequences will assist you in combatting the ill effects of poor posture in our information age.

What do I get from this course?

  • A comprehensive and structured approach to correcting poor postural habits
  • Essential foundations and key principles clearly communicated to help you go further on your yoga journey
  • Step by step tracking of your progression through the course
  • Email reminders to help keep you motivated and on track
  • Email support from your teacher

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