Core
Body
- Shrug
your shoulders. When lowering your shoulders, concentrate on pulling your shoulder
blades down and back. Repeat five times.
- Place
one hand on the seat beside you, palm down. Reach up and over with your other
hand. Repeat on other side.
- Extend
your arms out in front of you, interlacing your fingers. Tuck your chin to your
chest and round out your back, reaching as far ahead with your hands as possible.
- Open
your chest by clasping your hands behind your back.
- Rotate
your trunk first to one side, then the other. When rotating to the right, I find
it helpful to place my right hand up on the top of the seat, and my left hand
on the outside of my right thigh.
- Get
a good torso stretch by reaching as high overhead as you can with both hands.
Lower
Body
- Hug
one knee to chest, alternate sides, repeating five times.
- Raise
your heels up and down. Repeat 10 times.
- Raise
your toes up and down. Repeat 10 times.
- Hugging
your knee, rotate your ankle for five circles in one direction, and then five
circles in the opposite direction.
News
and LinksRead more airplane stretches from Shelter Publications. www.shelterpub.com Learn
basic "airplane" yoga stretches and relaxation techniques from JetBlue
and Crunch Fitness. www.jetblue.com
(Source:
Healthy
Travel Network)
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