Ten Streches for Relaxation
Each stretch: hold for 5-10 seconds and repeat 3 times.
Stretch while lying down on your back or when seated in a chair:
- Imagine your shoulders are being pulled down towards your feet.
- Imagine a string is attached to your elbows that is pulled very slightly away from the sides of your body so that your elbows move slightly outwards.
- Stretch your fingers out, and then backwards so that they move up towards your head.
- Press your head back into the floor/bed/pillow/chair.
- Make the longest face you can with your mouth closed.
- Stretch your forehead up, as if you were pulling your eyebrows over the back of your head.
- Press your back into the floor/bed/chair.
- Stretch your legs to make your body as long as possible.
- Imagine a string is attached to the outside of your knees, and that it is pulled to the side very slightly so that your knees move slightly outwards.
- Stretch your toes and stretch your feet so that your toes move towards your head.