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Exercises to encourage more movement

Here are some simple movements that can be woven into daily life—when waiting for a kettle to boil or taking a screen break, for example. These
can be an opportunity to counter stagnation and support lymphatic flow, circulation and metabolism.

Move your arms

Moving the upper body—
around the chest, heart,
shoulders, neck and arms—
frees up tightness from stress
that can contribute to tension
headaches.

Swing both arms forward and
back, side to side, letting their
weight create a bouncing
motion through the
Reach forward with one arm, shoulders to release tension
back with the opposite elbow commonly built up there
and alternate sides in a rotating from stress, poor posture and
motion that loosens tissues using a keyboard.
around the diaphragm, ribs and
belly. This supports breathing,
digestive and reproductive
health by loosening the fascia
(connective tissue) in that area.

Move into your

hips and lower back

After long periods of sitting, the
lower back can seize up, particularly
if you’ve been slumping.
Continually coming back to
mobility there can help prevent Lift one foot off the
the low back pain so common in ground and then
sedentary cultures. circle that knee
around to create
loosening and opening
in the hip, either with the
foot staying off the ground
or touching toes to the ground
Circling the hips loosens tightness in the every circle.
lower back and wakes up the inner legs.
Standing with feet hip-width apart, rotate
the pelvis, while the head stays central
and knees soft. Spend a while circling
in one direction, and then change the
rotation to feel the difference.

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