The Office Yoga Forward Bend is a pose that you can do sitting on a chair when at home or even during coffee break at office.
Select a chair without rollers. A rotating swivel chair is not suitable for this exercise. Pull your chair away from your desk, put your phone on silent mode and avert your eyes away from your PC screen. Sit on the center of the chair seat and move your back away from the back rest of the chair.
Place your feet firmly on the floor about a hip’s width apart and bend forward. Lower your head right down to your knees. Move your hands near your feet and place them on your feet or on the floor next to your feet, if you can bend forward enough to place your hands this way. If you find it difficult initially to bend forward this way, you may wrap your hands around your ankles or shins.
Lower your head in between your knees and tuck you chin in towards your chest. Now let your arms hand limp along side. You may even hold your hands together, but the point is to not engage any muscles as you do this. Let yourself go, and breathe slowly and consciously. Stay in this pose for between seven to ten breaths, or as long as you feel comfortable. Exit this pose by lifting your torso up and resting your back against the back rest of the chair.
This pose helps you to relax. It also increases the flow of blood towards your brain and face and compresses your abdominal organs stimulating the secretion of digestive juices and helping digestion.
Sources:
Restorative Yoga : Office Yoga
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC5yIxnuOow&feature=related
http://www.yogajournal.com/basics/751
http://yoga.about.com/od/yogasequences/tp/deskstretches.htm
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