Yoga on a Plane
Start by: Sitting up tall, close your eyes, relax your face and shoulders, letting go of any tension you may be holding onto.
Shoulder Shrugs
Take a deep inhale as you shrug your shoulders up, squeeze the shoulder blades together, creating an opening across the chest. Exhale as you drag your shoulder blades down your back, releasing the shrug, and relaxing through your shoulders. Do this 5 times.
Benefits:
We hold a great amount of our tension in our neck and shoulders, and after the stress of waiting in the airport can add to our stress. Doing these exercises reduces the pain caused by stress, creates flexibility and makes our muscles stronger.
Wrist Stretches
Placing your hands in front of you, palms open, in a position like you are stopping traffic. Actively spread all five fingers and slowly one by one curl your fingers into your palm and make a fist. Then curl your wrist down and make small circles to the right, then left. Connect your breath to the movement.
Benefits:
Most of use our hands all day on a computer, phone, or tablet--and after carrying all your luggage, your hands need to stretch!
Arm Raises
Inhale the arms up and overhead, reaching through active fingertips. Exhale the arms down into cactus arms, opening across the chest, squeezing the shoulder blades together and dragging them down the back.
Benefits:
Energizing-- think the first stretch we do when we wake up. So after a Red Eye, this stretch will waken you up and get your blood flowing.