Do you ever feel tightness and tension in the neck and shoulders when sitting for extended periods of time?
Practice this Quick Desk Destressor for immediate relief.
Set Yourself Up
Sit tall at the front of your chair
Lengthen your spine, relax your shoulders
Feet flat on the floor; legs parallel
Breathe
Breathe — slow, rhythmic breathing — expand the chest with each inhale
Head and Neck
Drop chin to chest and slowly roll chin to right shoulder
Hold and BREATHE
Repeat other side
Sitting tall, lifting through crown of the head, slowly drop right ear to shoulder, press left shoulder down - BREATHE
Repeat other side
Feet flat on the floor; legs parallel
Breathe
Breathe — slow, rhythmic breathing — expand the chest with each inhale
Shoulders
Shrugs: lift shoulders, moving them up and back (rotation)
Lift one arm overhead, take hold of elbow; press elbow downward and reach hand down back
Hold and BREATHE
Repeat with other arm
Clasp hands behind back, pressing hands downward, lifting through chest and dropping shoulders