{"id":3582,"date":"2018-06-19T06:23:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T00:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/?p=3582"},"modified":"2024-03-27T13:06:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T07:36:08","slug":"5-yoga-poses-that-seniors-can-do-in-a-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/2018\/06\/19\/5-yoga-poses-that-seniors-can-do-in-a-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Chair Yoga Poses For Seniors: Enhance Mobility And Relaxation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3590 size-full lazyload\" title=\"5 Yoga Poses That Seniors Can Do in a Chair\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shutterstock_414277981.jpg\" alt=\"5 Yoga Poses That Seniors Can Do in a Chair - Activ Health by Aditya Birla\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/667;\" \/>Yoga has so much to offer that almost everybody can get healthy by adding it to their lifestyle. When no exercise seems to be safe and doable, here is how seniors can stay healthy with Yoga.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Seated Mountain (Tadasana)<\/strong><br \/>\nTake a deep breath, sit up straight, and extend your spine. As you exhale, root down into the chair with the lower part of your tailbone, keeping your legs at 90-degree angles and knees directly over ankles leaving a little room between the knees. Take a deep breath and as you exhale, roll your shoulders down the back, pull your belly button inwards and relax your arms down at your sides. Now, you will need to engage your legs by lifting your toes and pressing them firmly into all four corners of your feet.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3583 size-full lazyload\" title=\"5 Yoga Poses That Seniors Can Do in a Chair - Tadasana\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Seated-Mountain.jpeg\" alt=\"5 Yoga Poses That Seniors Can Do in a Chair - Tadasana\" width=\"550\" height=\"308\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/308;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Seated forward bend (Paschimottana)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Begin with mountain pose, focus on extending the spine and fold your legs. Now,\u00a0 put your hand on the thighs and slide them down the legs as you fold for a little extra support. You will then need to take\u00a0 5 or more even breaths in this pose in order to massage intestines, helping you with digestion. In addition, it will also help to lengthen the spine and stretching the back muscles. Now, inhale as you lift your torso back to an upright position. You can also try this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/2019\/06\/21\/4-simple-yoga-asanas-for-workplace\/\"><strong>Yoga Pose at the office desk<\/strong><\/a> as it does not take up much space.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3584 size-full lazyload\" title=\"5 Yoga Poses That Seniors Can Do in a Chair - Paschimottana\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Seated-Forward.jpeg\" alt=\"5 Yoga Poses That Seniors Can Do in a Chair - Paschimottana\" width=\"550\" height=\"308\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/308;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Warrior I (Virbadrasana I)<\/strong><br \/>\nStart with a seated mountain pose and take a deep breath. As you inhale, lift your arms out to the side and raise your hands up to meet above your head. Keep your pointer fingers and thumbs out and lace the rest of the fingers together. The point in the direction of the ceiling. Now, as you exhale, roll the shoulders away from the ears. Keep taking deep breaths for few seconds and then release your clasped hands on an exhale. Diabetes and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/2016\/12\/02\/6-yoga-poses-to-control-high-cholesterol\/\">cholesterol can be reduced with Yoga<\/a>&gt;<\/strong> poses like these standing Asanas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3585 size-full lazyload\" title=\"5 Yoga Poses That Seniors Can Do in a Chair - Virbadrasana\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Warrior.jpeg\" alt=\"5 Yoga Poses That Seniors Can Do in a Chair - Virbadrasana\" width=\"550\" height=\"308\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/308;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4) Eagle arms (Garudasana arms)<\/strong><br \/>\nThis pose helps you relax the shoulders and upper back because it stabilizes and flexes the shoulder joint. Start by taking a breath or two and as you inhale, just stretch your arms out to the sides. Bring them in front of you as you exhale and swing the right arm under the left and left under the right, gripping the shoulders as if you are giving yourself a hug. Now, as you inhale try lifting your elbows as higher as you can and then roll your shoulders down as you exhale, relaxing them away from the ears. Try repeating this process a few more times.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3586 size-full lazyload\" title=\"5 Yoga Poses That Seniors Can Do in a Chair - Garudasana arms\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Garudasana.jpeg\" alt=\"5 Yoga Poses That Seniors Can Do in a Chair - Garudasana arms\" width=\"550\" height=\"308\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/308;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>5) Reverse arm hold<\/strong><br \/>\nThis yoga pose is good for stretching the shoulders and opening up the chest helping you with posture, stress, and breathing difficulties. As you inhale, stretch both the arms out to your sides and place your palms down. Roll both shoulders forward so that both your palms are facing behind you. Now bend the elbows and let your hands swing behind your back. Clasp your hands and gently pull your hands away from each other without releasing your hold. After you\u2019ve taken 5 slow, even breaths with arms clasped this way, re-clasp the other wrist or elbow and hold for 5 breaths.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3587 lazyload\" title=\"5 Yoga Poses That Seniors Can Do in a Chair - Reverse Arm Hold\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Reverse-Arm-Hold.jpeg\" alt=\"5 Yoga Poses That Seniors Can Do in a Chair - Reverse Arm Hold\" width=\"541\" height=\"303\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 541px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 541\/303;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Check out our health care blog for more such workout tips and routines so you can include exercises in your daily timetable. With yoga sessions daily, you can stay active and earn HealthReturnsTM during the new normal of staying at home. HealthReturns can be used for getting discounts on health insurance premiums.<\/p>\n<p>(This article originally appeared on www.practo.com, authored by Dr. Saurabh Gupta, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.practo.com\/healthfeed\/monsoon-mania-on-your-health-24352\/post\">https:\/\/www.practo.com\/healthfeed\/5-yoga-poses-that-seniors-can-do-in-a-chair-17815\/post<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yoga has so much to offer that almost everybody can get healthy by adding it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4229,1728,4227],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guides","category-health-from-home","category-yoga"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chair Yoga Poses for Seniors: Improve Mobility and Reduce Stress<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the benefits of chair yoga for seniors. 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