Practise of yoga can do wonders for your aching head
Workplace and harmony make uneasy bedfellows. The cargo of deadlines, expectations, conflict with colleagues and new challenges take a heavy toll on us. The mercury of pressure seems insurmountable at times. It’s as if late afternoon triggers of headache have become an ungainly part of our constitution.
What causes wash out?
• Getting into overdrive and spending
extra hours at work
• Not switching off and taking work home
• Striving for perfection and driving expectations to unrealistic levels
Regular Yoga practise will go a long way in releasing muscular tension. You will learn a lot about your body, its posture and the way it reacts to stress – this often helps keep headache at bay.
But Yoga is not a panacea; you should always seek a doctor’s advice if you suffer from anything more severe than a tension headache.
Let’s understand two basic yogic techniques that should help you alleviate stress. One of the best postures to counter headache is Viparita Karani (supported inverted) or legs-up-the-wall posture. You could also treat yourself to Shavasana with your knees up, or legs supported on a blanket.
Yoga can also aid in relieving migraines and other severe headaches, but in these cases it might be wiser to talk with a Yoga instructor who specialises in therapeutic practices - he or she will assess your problem and prescribe a combination of Asanas and Pranayama that will help.
Tips to de-stress
You may not have much time to get up and walk off those throbbing pains at work place. So, attempt some of these guidelines at your desk:
• Raise your shoulders and try and touch your ears
• Hold this position for a few seconds. Then release it
• Do this about 10 times or until your shoulder feels less tense
• Shake your wrist for at least 30 seconds
• Breathe in hold your breath for a few seconds and then exhale slowly. Repeat this about five times
• Tense your whole body
• Clench your fist
• Twitch your face and close your eyes
• Hold this for few seconds then relax A note of caution – it is better you do this when your colleagues take a break and go for tea/coffee. Don’t do it in their presence; they might think that you are nuts.
At the desk
• Attach a glare screen to your monitor if you spend hours spent in front of the computer
• Put a hood over your monitor to keep light from hitting it from above and the sides
• A ten-minute break (even if the day is arduous) does one a world of good.
(Source:Mumbai Mirror,17.06.2006)
Workplace and harmony make uneasy bedfellows. The cargo of deadlines, expectations, conflict with colleagues and new challenges take a heavy toll on us. The mercury of pressure seems insurmountable at times. It’s as if late afternoon triggers of headache have become an ungainly part of our constitution.
What causes wash out?
• Getting into overdrive and spending
extra hours at work
• Not switching off and taking work home
• Striving for perfection and driving expectations to unrealistic levels
Regular Yoga practise will go a long way in releasing muscular tension. You will learn a lot about your body, its posture and the way it reacts to stress – this often helps keep headache at bay.
But Yoga is not a panacea; you should always seek a doctor’s advice if you suffer from anything more severe than a tension headache.
Let’s understand two basic yogic techniques that should help you alleviate stress. One of the best postures to counter headache is Viparita Karani (supported inverted) or legs-up-the-wall posture. You could also treat yourself to Shavasana with your knees up, or legs supported on a blanket.
Yoga can also aid in relieving migraines and other severe headaches, but in these cases it might be wiser to talk with a Yoga instructor who specialises in therapeutic practices - he or she will assess your problem and prescribe a combination of Asanas and Pranayama that will help.
Tips to de-stress
You may not have much time to get up and walk off those throbbing pains at work place. So, attempt some of these guidelines at your desk:
• Raise your shoulders and try and touch your ears
• Hold this position for a few seconds. Then release it
• Do this about 10 times or until your shoulder feels less tense
• Shake your wrist for at least 30 seconds
• Breathe in hold your breath for a few seconds and then exhale slowly. Repeat this about five times
• Tense your whole body
• Clench your fist
• Twitch your face and close your eyes
• Hold this for few seconds then relax A note of caution – it is better you do this when your colleagues take a break and go for tea/coffee. Don’t do it in their presence; they might think that you are nuts.
At the desk
• Attach a glare screen to your monitor if you spend hours spent in front of the computer
• Put a hood over your monitor to keep light from hitting it from above and the sides
• A ten-minute break (even if the day is arduous) does one a world of good.
(Source:Mumbai Mirror,17.06.2006)
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