5 Simple Desk Yoga Stretches for Neck & Shoulders

Hey Loves, 
Hope you are having fab week. Do you get tension in your next and shoulders?  Some of us spend long amounts of time sitting down at a desk. Throughout the day a combination of stress and bad posture and create aches, pains and stiffness in our shoulders and neck. Shoulders rising up by our ears, hunching forward does not result in feeling or looking good! So what can we do? It might not be practical to start doing full blown Yoga practice at work but you can certainly sneak in a few simple stretches to help keep your neck and shoulders relaxed. Check out these 5 simple stretches...

Neck Stretch

• Tilt your head to the left.
• Gently place your left hand on the side of your head. 
• Keep your elbow open to the side. 
• Keep open across the chest. 
• Reach your right arm down to the floor on a slight diagonal and stretch down through the fingers.
• Take a few deep smooth breathes and feel a lovely stretch across the left side of the neck.
• Bring your Right hand on the right side of the head to bring the head back to centre.
• Repeat on the other side.

Eagle Arms

• Give yourself a big hug with the right arm arm over the left.
• Catch your right thumb with your left fingers. (You can also go palm to palm if you are move open or simply keep arms crossed if thats better for your body)
• Move the forearms so they are parallel to the body. 
• Lift the elbows up to the ceiling and feel the stretch.
• Switch and to the other side.

Reach Up

• Interlink the fingers and bring the arms above the head. 
• Keep the elbows slightly bed and del the shoulders softening. 
• Then start to stretch the arms straight. 
• Move the arms back in line with ears as much as possible.
• Think thumbs up to the ceiling and pinkys down to the floor behind you.
• Take a few deep, smooth breaths and then relax.

Wall Stretch (okay this one you have to stand up for)

• Bring left hand on the wall and then turn the body away so you as facing front.
• Keep hips, shoulders and feet facing front. 
• Bring your hand up to a high diagonal, then shoulder height and then a low diagonal.
• Feel the how the stretch feels different as you move the arm . 
• If you need more stretch get a little closer to the wall. 

Hand Lock Shoulder Stretch

• Interlink fingers behind your back.
• Bring arms onto the back of the chair.
• If it feels too much keep arms lower and off the chair.
• Take deep breaths and enjoy! 

 Questions, comments, ideas and love please leave in the comments below. Lots of love and relaxation to you.