Yoga Physio Therapy
Yoga has been around for hundreds of years. Yoga aims to still the mind. In modern day
yoga we are most familiar with asanas, a series of physical poses used to get us into our
bodies and out of our heads, thus ‘stilling’ the mind. In...
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Yoga Physio Therapy
Yoga has been around for hundreds of years. Yoga aims to still the mind. In modern day
yoga we are most familiar with asanas, a series of physical poses used to get us into our
bodies and out of our heads, thus ‘stilling’ the mind. In many lives today there is constant
stimulation from computers, mobile phones, TV, driving and generally having busy and
demanding lives. This stimulates the body physically and eventually leads to stress and
can result in aches and pains or injury.
Some useful poses are:
1. Child's Pose- Get down onto all fours. Then sit hips back onto feet. Stretch arms out in
front and touch forehead to ground. Stay there for 10 slow deep breaths. Feel the lungs
fill up in your mid to lower back.
2. Mountain Pose - standing with good posture for 2 minutes. Weight through mid foot,
knees soft, hips soft, pelvis neutral position, sternum lifted and lined up with pubic bone,
neck long and lifted under back of skull, looking straight ahead. It helps to b
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