{"id":13182,"date":"2023-11-07T06:37:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T06:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/?p=13182"},"modified":"2023-11-07T06:41:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T06:41:44","slug":"car-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/car-yoga\/","title":{"rendered":"CAR YOGA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5 Yoga poses to practise on long car journeys<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Suffer from a sore neck or back whilst driving? These simple stretches can prevent stiffness on long journeys this summer. Yoga teachers, Eloise Skinner and Daisy Proctor advise on the simple poses you can practise, behind the wheel and before embarking on your next car journey.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FORWARD FOLD<\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1012\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-190-1012x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13183\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.98828125;width:177px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-190-1012x1024.jpg 1012w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-190-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-190-768x777.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-190-1518x1536.jpg 1518w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-190-155x157.jpg 155w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-190.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Perfect for outside of the car or whilst stopping at the service station, a forward fold is great for calming the mind and deeply stretching and lengthening the hamstrings and calves. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Stand tall, then exhale as you bend forward at the hips, lengthening the front of your torso. Bend your elbows and hold on to each elbow with the opposite hand. Let the crown of your head hang down. Keep a slight bend in your knees. Breathe and stay here for a few moments. To release, place your hands on your hips. Draw down through your tailbone and keep your back flat as you inhale and return to stand. Take your time to unravel, starting with your tailbone, then your lower back, mid-back, upper back and neck. When you get to the top, take a few slow rolls of your shoulders up, back, down and round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NECK ROLLS<\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-194-1024x781.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13184\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3111395646606914;width:245px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-194-1024x781.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-194-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-194-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-194-155x118.jpg 155w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-194.jpg 1321w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Perfect for both the passenger and the driver, neck rolls relieve tightness and soreness in the neck. Brace your core and pull your shoulders down and back. Tip your head gently to the right side, lowering your ear toward your right shoulder. Hold the stretch there. Roll your head gently forward, dropping your chin toward your chest. Hold. Then finish with the left side. Repeat an equal number on both sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MODIFIED SEATED CAT AND COW<\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"845\" height=\"954\" src=\"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-193.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13186\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8857442348008385;width:152px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-193.jpg 845w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-193-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-193-768x867.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-193-139x157.jpg 139w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>To release tension of the neck, spine, shoulders and back a modified seated cat and cow can work wonders. Inhale deeply while curving your lower back and bringing your head up, tilting your pelvis up like a &#8220;cow.&#8221; Exhale deeply and bring your abdomen in, arching your spine and bringing your head and pelvis down like a &#8220;cat.&#8221; Repeat several times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WRIST ROTATIONS<\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"928\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-191-928x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13185\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.90625;width:152px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-191-928x1024.jpg 928w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-191-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-191-768x847.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-191-142x157.jpg 142w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-191.jpg 1165w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>For wrists, try gentle rotations in small circles &#8211; one way for a few rotations, then reverse. You can also try a supported stretch &#8211; use one hand to gently bend back the palm of your other hand until you feel the stretch in your wrist. Repeat on both sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:118px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">EAGLE POSE ARMS<\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-192-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13187\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4008207934336525;width:189px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-192-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-192-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-192-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-192-155x111.jpg 155w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-08-August-Updated-192.jpg 1089w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re a passenger on the journey, this stretch is great for targeting the upper back. Reach both arms out in front of you and wrap your left arm over your right, crossing the left elbow over the right upper arm. Place the back of hands or palms together. If this is too much for you, give yourself a hug, hands to shoulders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Car rental experts Sixt, teamed up with yoga experts, Eloise Skinner and Daisy Proctor, to lend their expert advice on how to look after your body on road trips and ensure you\u2019re experiencing the most comfortable journey.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 Yoga poses to practise on long car journeys Suffer from a sore neck or back whilst driving? These simple stretches can prevent stiffness on long journeys this summer. 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