“Yoga at Your Desk” offers a short, concise program to help show YOU how to help relieve Stress Areas between the shoulder blades and in the hips where we carry our tension. It also shows you how to use the Breath to become healthier "Yoga at Your Desk helps to relieve Stress in the workplace. It is a form of Preventative Health Maintenance.

The Human Body was made for movement, not for sitting for hours at a time! Gentle stretches and movements can help open healthier neuro-pathways in the body. This is a part of “Yoga at Your Desk.”

Dubbed the “workplace epidemic of the computer age, Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI) affects millions of people who spend long hours at keyboards, switchboards and other work sites where they perform a repetitive motion (such as clicking a mouse) over and over again. It is said that half of the American work force will experience an RSI at some point in their working lives. Performing thousands of keystrokes for hours on end can be extremely irritating to overused body parts, causing microscopic tears in tendons, nerves, muscles and other soft tissues. As these tears become inflamed without rest and repair, these “micro-traumas” can lead to RSI’s and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Simple hand-arm movements can help to alleviate these symptoms and avoid surgery. This is one more healthy option offered by “Yoga at Your Desk.”

Yoga At Your Desk
         Manage Stress
         Retain or Regain Flexibility
         Improve focus
         Breathe Aerobically
         Appropriate for Beginnger to Advanced

Tai Chi / Qigong
        Graceful, flowing motions
        Stretch and Strengthen your body
        Work at your own pace
        Focussed breathing
        No special equipment
        No floor work

Benefits
        Reduce Stress, Increase Flexibility
        Improve Mental Acuity and Focus
        Requires no special equipment
        Appropriate for any age or state of health
        Work at your own pace
        Geared Toward Each Individual

Yoga has been in the world for 5,000 years. It has been proven to improve problems of carpal tunnel, which is prevalent in those who sit for long periods at a computer. It helps decrease tension in the upper back, hips and other parts of the body.

There are many other benefits to health in practicing yoga. Employees may be sick less often, improving productivity, for example.

Classes offered through Casper College, Lifetime Health and Fitness, Casper Recreation Center, and by special arrangement at local businesses or schools. Please call 472-0563 or email Elaine for details!