Yoga with balls: smashing!

Have a computer? I knew it! Bet you have that terrible tense feeling in your shoulders as well. You know that somebody's been pounding me with a mallet feeling and you haven't even been close to your Nintendo.

Well, this is how it goes away: you buy a hard basketball. And a mat if you like. Then you lie down on the basketball. It should be below your ribcage. Your legs should be pulled up. Comfy? Give it time. Now roll down slowly until the ball reaches the base of the neck. Keep your neck straight. Now roll back. You will probably feel your spine adjust as you do this. Mallet-feeling be gone! Like having your own round orange little chiropractor.

Now let's do it one more time. Intensify the stretch by stretching your arms up (interlace the fingers, palms upward). And roll back and forth as long as you like. Keep breathing normally.

This stretch also works for the lower back. Rest on shoulders and arms and feet and put the ball under your lower back.

(Thanks for this stretch David).