Yoga for now Shovelling?preventing and easing the pain
It has been one snowy winter this year, making lots of beautiful “snow mountains” and great ski and tobagan hills.
Make snow?shovelling?a?fun family activity?and time for bonding. Bundle up the kids and get them helping to shovel. Some experts even suggest ditching?the?snow blower.
Shovelling snow is good exercise and promotes better sleep, and creates good memories while embracing winter.
Teach your children to be a good neighbour and help shovel a neighbours drive way, especially an elderly neighbour and family with a baby.
If you can coordinate it so you are shovelling ?at the same time as your neighbours it becomes a social event.
However, before budding up to shovel the snow take some time for 3 Pre-Snow Shovelling Yoga Poses:
i. Hug. While laying not he floor, hug your knees into the chest. Rocking side to side and in circle sir it feels good for your back.
ii. Spinal Twist. While hugging your knees fro them to the right under arm. Hold for 3 inhales and 3 exhales. Inhale bring the knees back into “hug”. Repeat on left side.
iii. Eagle arms. Make an X with your arms. Bring your thumbs to your nose and ensure the top arm is locked in by the bottom arm.
While shovelling remember to bend the knees and keep the snow mountains.
Did you know,?I lived with a lot of back pain and this is why she got into yoga? ?Nowadays, I have do a daily back routine to keep my self pain free.
Remember after shovelling to do some Post Shovelling Yoga?- hug the knees, spinal twist, cobblers pose, and eagle arms.
i.?Hug. While laying not he floor, hug your knees into the chest. Rocking side to side and in circle sir it feels good for your back.
ii.?Spinal Twist. While hugging your knees fro them to the right under arm. Hold for 3 inhales and 3 exhales. Inhale bring the knees back into “hug”. Repeat on left side.
iii.?Eagle arms. Make an X with your arms. Bring your thumbs to your nose and ensure the top arm is locked in by the bottom arm.
?Pain.?To avoid back pain, maintain good posture. Sit and stand well balanced. Also avoid twisting and bending at the same time. Each day, do some back stretches and strengtheners. A certified and registered yoga instructor can help you.
Did you know you can adjust to the cold? A Chicago researcher says?people can adjust to the cold.? “There are certain physiological responses to combat cold, and those responses become perfected and we call that cold weather acclimatization.? You train the skin.? There are blood vessels there that keep the heat in.”? Some scientists say that people living in chronically cold areas like Siberia (or here) tend to develop a higher metabolism than those that live in warm weather, which produced more body heat.
Living with back Pain
I can empathize as I lived with a lot of back pain and this is why she got into yoga and have continued to do yoga for over twenty years. ?Nowadays, I have do a daily back routine to keep my self pain free.
One of my favourite poses is??supported savasana. While laying on the floor, place your calfs on a chair or couch. This will help your back become flat and fully supported. While here, begin the full yoga breathe filling the lungs completely and exhaling completely. This breath will help decrease your pain and kick in your relaxation response to allow your tight back muscles to relax and release.
To learn more, please contact me at jayne@innovativewellness.ca
