How to Do Hand Yoga Exercises
Hand yoga is a unique form of yoga that is used to strengthen the joints in the hands. This can be beneficial since it can lessen arthritis in old age. Just as with any form of yoga, you must be totally relaxed before concentrating on this body part.
- Sit down on your yoga mat and relax yourself. Before beginning any type of yoga, you will need to take deep breaths and ease your mind. You need to have zero stress when performing yoga or else your body will be tense, and you won’t get the benefits that yoga provides. After taking shallow breaths, move your arms in front of you and stretch them out. Close your eyes and concentrate while doing this for about two minutes.
- Sit with legs crossed and extend arms again. Now you are ready to begin your yoga hand exercises. Extend one arm out and gently close your hand into a fist motion. Do not squeeze to hard or else your body will lose its relaxed state. Keep your thumb at the top of your index finger rather than enclosing it.
- Inhale and exhale. When you have your fist out, do a deep inhale while keeping it steady. After waiting about 30 seconds, exhale and loosen your fist so that all your fingers are outreached. Do this a few more times in a pattern of up to 12 or whenever you feel the most contented.
- Lower your arms. If you have both arms outreached you will need to lower them slowly and lightly. Do a deep inhale and bring both of arms at the same time. You can repeat this step a few times by lifting them in a slow manner and bringing them back down again.