My Top 8 Yoga Videos of 2020

2020-11-12T13:05:50-05:00

I hate yoga. I’m not kidding. I do it as a survival tool. I used to make myself do really hard yoga until it felt hard to move, let alone grip every muscle through plank pose while someone preaches about calming down. No thanks dears, not in 2020.��

Here are my favorite classes right now, brought to you by beautiful diverse women. They’re all relaxing, they’re all peaceful, none of them are hard, all of them have helped me tremendously this year.��

1. Gentle Yoga for Beginner’s and Seniors, Sovereign Hands Yoga, 30 minutes

My fave is for seniors, obviously.��

2. Yoga Journal, Jessamyn Stanley 30 minutes

3. Easy Morning Flow, Arianna Elizabeth 15 minutes

4. Smooth and Restorative, Kemet Yoga 25 minutes

5. Gentle Beginner Flow, Cole YogaTX, 35 minutes

6. Relaxing Yoga, Sanela at PsycheTruth, 20 minutes

7. Yoga for Herniated Disc, Yoga with Celest, 15 minutes

Yep, I have one of those. But either way, this video will kick your butt and it’s very simple. All of our backs are suffering right now, try it to strengthen!��

8. Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain, Essential Somatics, 5 minutes

Yep, I have this too. And I literally do this one in bed.��

How to Fight Work-From-Home Back Pain

2020-11-09T14:13:24-05:00

For the office crew at �Ĳ��վ, we’re lucky to be able to work from home during this pandemic. But if you’re like us, even if you came into your Safer-At-Home situation with a well-lit, ergonomic work station, one of the nice things about WFH is that you tend to work from wherever you want (or can). Meaning, like us, you’re probably doing a lot of sitting cross-legged on a couch or perching on a stool at the kitchen counter, hunched over your laptop, while you wait for the pasta to finish boiling or the baby to finish nursing.

And if that’s the case then you’re probably also dealing with some work-from-home back pain. Here are some of the �Ĳ��վ team's favorite exercises for stretching, strengthening, and unscrewing our screwed-up backs:��

For gentle back strengthening and stretching:

This one is specifically for herniated discs, but it's great for general back pain and tightness too:

Same with this one, it's for sciatic nerve pain, but good for loosening��lower-back tightness��in general.

Here are two on using foam rollers for loosening up tight back muscles:

(If you can't find the fancy foam roller from the video, ��Ի��:

Yoga for opening up the front body, hip flexors, and psoas:

The channel is great in general for beginners and for finding routines for specific needs.��

��It's easy to forget that tight hip flexors can play a big part in lower-back pain.

��This one does double duty, stretching out the front body and giving your stressed-out mood a break too:

Workouts for building a stronger core:

If you're not obsessed with yet, you're about to be. This husband-and-wife team��creates workouts of all types, for all fitness levels, without the gross vibe of most other fitness instruction. If this��vid isn't what you're looking for, just browse a bit and you'll find another that is.

If you need something low-impact, here's��a great beginner pilates mat workout:

And, if really, at the end of the day, you could just use a good massage,

Stay safe out there, S-Dubbers, and feel better!

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My Top 8 Yoga Videos of 2020

How to Fight Work-From-Home Back Pain

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