Circle of Joy

Time to take a break!

• Come to standing and place your feet hip width apart, feet facing forward.
• Bring your hands together at your chest, interlace your fingers and slowly bring your arms out in front of you, extending through your palms.
• Lift your chin upwards and Raise your arms continuing to push through your palms.
• Interlace your fingers behind your back, and draw your shoulder blades together and down.
• Bring your hands back together at your chest.

Now that you know the movement, let's introduce the breath.

• Inhale — exhale and extend through your palms.
• Inhale, raise the arms above your head pushing out thru your palms.
• Exhale pushing out through your palms, pushing out to the far horizon.
• Inhale interlacing the fingers behind your lower back.
• Exhale as your draw the shoulder blades together and down.

Try and relax your shoulders away from your ears.

On exhale, lengthen deepen and slow down the breath.

Repeat 4-5 times

On each movement try to create a little more length in the spine and extension through your palms. Keep the shoulders relaxed and jaw soft.

Do your best with the flexibility you have today. Continued practice will increase flexibility.

Thank your body for enduring the long hours at the desk and congratulate yourself for taking a break, enabling your body to get some relief and helping avoid repetitive strain injury.