7 Asanas for relaxation against stress in everyday life
Jun 06, 2019
Take a deep breath and exhale. Everyday life often puts our inner peace to the test. Negative vibrations, early getting up, the hard office chair or a full train are, considered individually, nullities, but they can be as one unit of the drops on the hot stone and already we feel stressed, exhausted, energyless. In the following, we present specific yoga exercises that will help you to deal with potential stress in everyday life with calmness and tranquility.
Flow through everyday life strengthened with yoga
Between 60 and 90 minutes. This is the time that yoginis are active in sports on average per week. Whether in one piece, in 20 minute intervals or always at the same time in class, yoga helps to make your week easier and more bearable.
During this selected time you will work with yoga on your fitness, mindfulness and relaxation. However, the most effective way for your body to learn new habits is not in a guided yoga class, but in concrete stress situations where you could use balance to react appropriately and not be overwhelmed by emotions. With these exercises you can build up a greater tolerance towards stress in everyday life.
Your Secret Super Power: Yoga
Imagine that: You get up every day with the right foot, the time in traffic jams you spend as relaxed as in a hammock. Your colleague's sick? No problem, you're calm and stay calm. Sounds like a superpower, in a way it is.
Yoga has always been an obvious and sustainable practice to practice meditation, mindfulness and relaxation in even the most challenging situations. Sports professionals like tennis star Novak Djokovic swear by yoga practices to build up their own resilience and concentration. Implement the following exercises in your daily life and you are well on your way to becoming a resilient yogini.
7 tension situations, which you dissolve with Yoga in air
No. 1 The early bird
Diagnosis: Got up on the wrong side of the bed. Nothing will work, your superfood granola is gone. A quick glance in the mirror tells you that it's Bad Hair Day and you suspect that it could get even worse.
LUVIYO Yoga Hack: Start every day with a sun salutation
Focus on: Getting energy going, creating awareness, getting started
Mantra: I am awake and ready for the new day.
Kissed by the sun, the day just starts better. The Sun Salute reliably gets your circulation going and is a reliable yoga morning ritual for more relaxation in everyday life.
Begin the day with Surya Namaskar, the sun salutation, to start each day relaxed. With Yoga you strengthen your immunity against the small stressors of everyday life by using the first hour of the day, the Golden Hour, for mindfulness.
Focus the first hour of your day on happiness and energy and they will accompany you through the day.
No. 2: When the air is out - freshness and relaxation
Diagnosis: Heads are smoking and throbbing, the team meeting doesn't want to go ahead, your otherwise outstanding ideas come to a halt like the hot air in the room. A short brainstorming break. What does a yogini make of it?
LUVIYO Yoga Hack: Clear air and vision
Focus on: creativity, clarity, refreshment
Mantra: With the body my mind moves.
Grab your yoga mat, relax with deep breaths at an asana in the park or at the open window. Take the fresh spring air with you when you come up with new ideas. Your body gets more oxygen and your thoughts clear up. You bring fresh flow into the head and finally the ideas bubble up.
No. 3: Completely off the roll
Diagnosis: Mothers, workers, students, athletes, good friends - with each role comes a range of tasks that must be performed. Your boss demands concentration, your friend wants relaxation. Are you still torturing yourself or are you already juggling?
LUVIYO Yoga Hack: Slip into any role with ease
Focus on: New strength, growth, challenges
Mantra: I grow with my responsibilities.
If you practice yoga, you will not only experience the advantage of physical flexibility, the smooth flow of movement also brings your inner self into shape. Learn to approach new challenges with airy light mindfulness and open your mental eyes to new things with intensive stretching of all your parts.
A new nerve costume
So with ease and refreshed creativity, you can tackle eternally unfinished tasks without feeling slain. Your comfort zone increases, so your packed calendar suddenly looks more like a game. Give me the easy life.
No. 4: Hunting for more time
Diagnosis: The diary bursts, so does your head. But wait - don't run after time now. Gather your strength and mindfulness in 5 minutes to make the best out of every station of the day and be there in a concentrated way.
LUVIYO Yoga Hack: Yogini in the Infinite Now - Management with Mindfulness
Focus on: Inner peace and stability, endurance, being in the moment
Mantra: I stay in the moment and stay calm.
Yoga helps us to arrive at the moment through greater awareness of our own body and the environment. Feel the pleasant surface of your yoga mat and perceive the colours surrounding you with new, attentive eyes. Through yoga you can also meet your environment with mindfulness. Whether in a jet-setting traffic jam or in public transport, you will sooner succeed in becoming a power woman.
No. 5: Work-life balance without burnout
Diagnosis: The twentieth day in a row when you have the feeling that it cannot go on like this. Everyone feels tired, flat and drained. Still want to continue with everything as before? No, because your body is your temple. It deserves care and has the potential for strength and stability.
LUVIYO Yoga Hack: In the middle lies the earthy power
If we have to move fast:
Janu Sirsana (head to knee position) connects you deeply with the ground and is like the mountain of a very strengthening asana. Find back to yourself and your inner strength. Relax and let go for a short while to return with full energy.
Preventive:
Firm and strengthen your body and mind through regular yoga practice, for example a core strength workout. Like a marathon, your body needs to be prepared for high performance. Fast and targeted strengthening training is best suited for this.
You can also choose between yoga types like Kundalini Yoga or Hot Yoga, depending on your needs and your well-being. Concentrate on your relaxation, in case the Core Strength exercises make you too exhausted.
Firm on both legs, your body will now carry you more relaxed through your strenuous routine. Don't give dullness a chance and conscientiously ensure a constant hydration.
No. 6 Emotional stress
Diagnosis: Grief or quarrel in the partnership - a tense atmosphere needs only a small spark and already the emotions are threatening to overflow.
There is no universal solution and no simple advice for relationship problems, but yoga makes it easier.
LUVIYO Yoga Hack: A Yoga Session a day keeps the tears away
Focus on: comfort, self-love, forgiveness
Mantra: In difficult times, I find comfort in myself.
Time heals all wounds, they say, but yoga can do much more. In painful hours, take space for yoga to emerge from tearful times strengthened by mindfulness.
Whenever you are close to tears, practice the Uttana Shishosana (Stretched Puppy Position). Bow to yourself and your difficult situation and breathe in and out consciously. Practice humility towards yourself and life. Your awareness of positive moments strengthens and the grief becomes relative.
No. 7: Replenish inner emptiness from stress
Diagnosis: Yoga and meditation can change lives. You can perform the most fluid sun salutation to the most beautiful sunrise in the mountains, but if you do not pay attention to meditation, you will not realize the full potential of the yoga practice.
LUVIYO Yoga Hack: I am cool with myself thanks to yoga and meditation
Inner emptiness and aimlessness are common symptoms of our time. If you take the time for self-care, hobbies and nice moments, that's good. Meditation, mindfulness and yoga are even better. Because only in the quietest moments can you find the bridge to your deepest innermost desires and needs.
Don't live past them, but become more conscious of them asana for asana in order to lead the life that really suits you.
Meditation, relaxation, mindfulness form your Yoga Power Syringe
With a good mixture of relaxation, meditation and mindfulness you will not only make yoga a nice everyday routine, but also a reliable vaccination for more stress tolerance and mental resistance. With selected yoga poses you anchor serenity in your daily work and return to mindfulness no matter how stressful the moment seems at first.
Are you ready for yoga?
The most beneficial thing is not to read about yoga, but to practice yoga. Challenge yourself with our 30 Days Yoga Challenge and integrate a fixed Yoga routine into your day. The Challenge is the easiest stepping stone to get used to walking to the mat and quickly benefit from the positive consequences.
Which Yoga exercises will get you through everyday life? Share your yoga hacks with the LUVIYO community?
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