How Chair Yoga Will Boost Your Energy, Creativity, Productivity and Rest Your Eyes

You're probably as guilty as I am with this. Sitting in front of the computer screen for far too long and your eyes will feel the strain eventually.

It doesn't matter if you're writing, doing data-entry work, handling customer support calls and using the in-house trouble-shooter, or, or, or... playing Words with Friends on Facebook for hours on end and killing your productivity and creativity.

The facts don't lie. Estimations are that adults are spending an average of 8 hours a day in front of a screen.

A few years back, the Neilson Group commissioned a study to determine the time spent in front of screens, which included not just TV but looking at GPS, mobiles and the handheld gaming systems like the P2P.

Turns out that the eyes get more action in a day than your ears as screen advertising has surpassed radio advertising by a long shot.

That'll be why nearly every time you surf the web, you're inundated with advertisements.

While your habits may be just that, there are times in working life, that we just can't avoid spending as much time as we do in front of the screen.

That does not mean that you have to put up with eyestrain

In the morning when I sit down at the computer, I like to do a neck roll stretch to loosen the shoulders before sitting at the desk, and this little eye opener can work right into that exercise.

1) Rub both your hands together as you would when you're Christmas shopping in the freezing cold to heat your hands up.

2) Close your eyes and cover them with your pleasantly warm hands

3) Breath through the nose counting to five, and exhale through the nose counting to five as you do.

4) Do the above five times

That's the relaxation part for your eyes and mind

Now for the combo...

1) Open your eyes, sit with your back straight, raise your head so that you're looking right up to the ceiling (for obvious reasons, do not do this outside. Never stare at the sun). Keep breathing through the nose, counting to five.

2) Roll your neck to the left and move your eyes to the left. You'll feel the strain on the right side of your neck. You shouldn't feel pain though.

3) Bring your neck down to chest level, and eyes looking down to the floor. Use the same breathing technique consistently.

4) Roll your neck to the right, same breathing technique for a five count on the inhale and exhale through the nose, and direct your eyes to the right

In chair yoga, that's the seated neck roll.

I find that just doing that in the morning, gives three-fold benefits.

• It gets the eyes prepped for the long day ahead
• Calms the mind through the breathing technique
• Relaxes the muscles and corrects body posture. Don't know about you, but I find sitting upright, my WPM increases.

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