Yoga Exercise - Shoulder Lifts. - Yogi Vyas. Many people hold tension in their necks and shoulders, leading to stiffness, bad posture, and tension headaches. In this section, learn an exercise that will ease tension on your shoulders. Do this exercise slowly and keep your spine straight and your neck relaxed. Raise your right shoulder, then drop it down. Raise your left shoulder, then drop it down. Raise both shoulders at once, then drop them down again. Yoga Exercise - Shoulder Stretches. This exercise is great in relieving stress and tension on your shoulders, as well as your entire upper back. Learn how to do a Shoulder Stretch in this section. You will need a long strap for this one. 1. Sit in any comfortably erect position. Hold the strap and straighten your arms forward. As you inhale, move your arms up until they are overhead, and exhale as you bring them down behind you. 2. Coordinate this movement with your breathing, making the movement smooth. Make sure the strap is sufficiently long and your hands sufficiently far apart, so that you can keep your arms straight. If you cannot keep your arms straight, lengthen the strap. 3. The idea is to circumscribe as large a circle as possible with your hands as they go up and over. Therefore, at every given moment you are stretching outward through your arms in the direction they are pointing. - Yogi Vyas.
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