Yoga Relaxation Pose for Carpal Tunnel

Video Transcript

"Hi. I'm Theresa Murphy on behalf of Expert Village and in this clip we're going to look at our final relaxation pose. Encouraging an opening through the chest and the shoulders. Again, effecting the arms, and wrists, and carpal tunnel. So relaxation is so important. And deep breathing and openness through the chest is so important, not only for wrist health and arm health, but for your whole body health. So this pose is invaluable for any practice, for any thing that ails you, really. So we'll be in a prone position but would like to support the chest open in this position today. So I'm going to use a bolster and a blanket. At home you could use a stack of blankets, or pillows from your couch, or whatever you have. So the blanket is in a simple folded position. I'm just going to fold it again and stagger it a little bit above the edge of the bolster. I'll set my hips just in front of the bolsters edge and I'll use my hands to support me as I lie back. Bolster catches me in my low back. The blanket will catch me just below my shoulder blades. And I sort of traction my spine back as I go, getting a big lift in my chest and through the front of my armpits. Then I can use the blanket; create a little bit of a roll in it to support my head. I let my legs go long. I tuck my shoulders back. Let my arms go by my side. Relax and breathe."