7 Asanas for relaxation against stress in everyday life
Jun 06, 2019
Take a deep breath and exhale. Everyday life often puts our inner peace to the test. Negative vibrations, getting up early, the hard office chair or a full train are individually considered trifles, but as a unit they can be the drop in the bucket and we already feel stressed, exhausted, lacking energy. In the following, we present specific yoga exercises that help you in everyday life to meet potential stress with serenity and calm.
Flow through everyday life strengthened with yoga
Between 60 and 90 minutes. That's the average amount of time yoginis spend exercising each week. Whether at a stretch, in 20-minute intervals or always at the same time in class, yoga helps make your week easier and more bearable.
During this select time, you'll work on your fitness, mindfulness and relaxation with yoga. But the most effective way for your body to learn new habits is not in a guided yoga class, but in concrete stressful situations where you could use balance to react appropriately and not let emotions overtake you. With these exercises you can build a greater tolerance to stress in everyday life.
Your secret superpower: Yoga
Just imagine: You get up every day with the right foot, you spend the time in the traffic jam as relaxed as in a hammock. Your colleague is sick? No problem, you are and stay calm. Sounds like a superpower, and in a way it is.
Yoga has always been an obvious and sustainable practice to practice meditation, mindfulness and relaxation in even the most challenging situations. Sports professionals like tennis star Novak Djokovic swear by yoga practices to build resilience and focus. Implement the following practices into your daily life and you'll be well on your way to being a resilient yogini.
7 Tension Situations You'll Blow Up with Yoga
No. 1 The Early Bird
Diagnosis: Got up on the wrong side of the bed. Nothing works, your superfood granola is gone. When you take a quick look in the mirror, you know it's a bad hair day and you suspect it could get worse.
LUVIYO Yoga Hack: Start every day with a sun salutation
Focus on: Energize, create awareness, get going.
Mantra: I am awake and ready for the new day.
Kissed by the sun, the day simply starts better. The sun salutation reliably gets your circulation going and offers itself as a reliable yoga morning ritual for more relaxation in everyday life.
Start the day with Surya Namaskar, the sun salutation, to start each day relaxed. With yoga you strengthen your immunity against the small stressors of everyday life by using the first hour of the day, the Golden Hour, for mindfulness.
Focus the first hour of your day on happiness and energy and they will carry you through the day.
No. 2: When the air is out - freshness and relaxation
Diagnosis: Heads are smoking and throbbing, the team meeting doesn't want to move forward, your usually outstanding ideas come to a standstill like the heated air in the room. A short brainstorming break. What does a yogini make of it?
LUVIYO Yoga Hack: Clear air and vision
Focus on: Creativity, clarity, refreshment
Mantra: With the body my mind moves.
Grab your yoga mat, relax by taking deep breaths while doing an asana in the park or by an open window. Take in the fresh spring air as you brainstorm ideas. Your body gets more oxygen and your thoughts clear up. You bring fresh flow into your head and finally the ideas bubble up.
No. 3: Completely out of the role
Diagnosis: Mothers, employees, students, athletes, good friends - with each role comes a range of tasks that must be served. Your boss demands concentration, your boyfriend wants relaxation. Are you still struggling or are you already juggling?
LUVIYO Yoga Hack: Relaxed slipping into any role
Focus on: New Power, Growth, Challenges
Mantra: I grow with my responsibilities.
When you practice yoga, you not only experience the benefits of physical flexibility, the smooth flow of movement also brings your inner self into shape. Learn to approach new challenges with light, airy mindfulness and open your mind's eyes to new things with intense stretching of all your parts.
A new set of nerves
So you can tackle forever unfinished tasks with ease and refreshed creativity, without feeling slammed. Your comfort zone expands, so your jam-packed calendar suddenly becomes more like a game. Bring on the easy life.
No. 4: In pursuit of more time
Diagnosis: The schedule is bursting, and so is your head. But wait - don't run after the time. Gather your strength and mindfulness in 5 minutes to make the best out of each station of the day and to stay focused.
LUVIYO Yoga Hack: Yogini in the infinite now - management with mindfulness
Focus on: Inner peace and stability, perseverance, being in the moment...
Mantra: I stay in the moment and calm about it.
Yoga helps us to arrive in the moment through greater awareness of our own body and the environment. Feel the pleasant surface of your yoga mat and perceive the colors that surround you with new, attentive eyes. Through yoga you can also encounter your surroundings with mindfulness. Whether you're jet-setting in a traffic jam or on public transport, you'll more quickly achieve the glow of a power woman.
No. 5: Work-life balance without burnout
Diagnosis: The twentieth day in a row when you feel like you can't go on like this. Everyone feels tired, flat and worn out. Still want to carry on with everything as before? No, because your body is your temple. It deserves care and has the potential for strength and stability.
LUVIYO Yoga Hack: In the middle lies the grounding power
When you need to move fast:
Janu Sirsana (Head to Knee pose) deeply connects you to the ground and is like the mountain of a very strengthening asana. Find your way back to yourself and your inner strength. Relax and let go for a short while to return with full energy.
Preventive:
Strengthen your body and mind with a regular yoga practice, such as a Core Strength Workout. Just like a marathon, your body needs to be prepared for high performance. The best way to do this is through fast and targeted strengthening workouts.
You can also choose between yoga styles such as Kundalini yoga or hot yoga, depending on your needs and well-being. Focus on your relaxation if the Core Strength exercises make you too exhausted.
Firm on both feet, your body will carry you through your strenuous routine more refreshed. Don't give dullness a chance and make sure you stay hydrated.
No. 6 Emotional stress
Diagnosis: Sorrow or quarrel in the partnership - a tense atmosphere needs only a small spark and already the emotions threaten to overflow.
There is no universal solution or easy advice for relationship problems, but yoga makes it easier.
LUVIYO Yoga Hack: A Yoga Session a day keeps the tears away
Focus on: Comfort, self-love, forgiveness
Mantra: In difficult times, I find comfort in myself.
Time heals all wounds, they say, but yoga can do much more. Make space for yoga in painful hours to emerge stronger from tearful times through mindfulness.
Whenever you are close to tears, practice Uttana Shishosana (Stretched Puppy Position). Bow to yourself and your difficult situation and breathe in and out consciously. Practice humility towards yourself and life. Your awareness of positive moments strengthens and sorrow becomes relative.
No. 7: Replenish inner emptiness from stress
Diagnosis: Yoga and meditation can change lives. You can perform the most fluid sun salutation to the most beautiful sunrise in the mountains, but if you're not paying attention to meditation, you're not realizing the full potential of yoga practice.
LUVIYO Yoga Hack: I am cool with myself thanks to yoga and meditation
Inner emptiness and aimlessness are common symptoms of our time. Taking the time for self-care, hobbies and beautiful moments is good. Meditation, mindfulness and yoga are even better. For it is only in the very quietest moments that you find the bridge to your deepest inner desires and needs.
Don't live past them, but become more aware of them asana by asana to live the life that truly suits you.
Meditation, relaxation, mindfulness form your yoga power shot
With a good mix of relaxation, meditation and mindfulness, you make yoga not only a nice daily routine, but a reliable vaccination for more stress tolerance and mental resilience. With selected yoga poses you anchor serenity in your daily work routine and return to mindfulness, no matter how stressful the moment seems at first.
Are you ready for yoga?
The most beneficial thing you can do is not to read about yoga, but to practice yoga. Challenge yourself with our 30 Days Yoga Challenge and incorporate a regular yoga routine into your day. The Challenge is the easiest stepping stone to getting used to going to the mat and quickly reaping the benefits.
Which yoga exercises get you through everyday life? Share your yoga hacks with the LUVIYO community?
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