Make way for desk-top asanas

28 September,2010 07:01 AM IST |   |  FYI Team

Yogacharya Shameem Akhtar's book, Yoga in the Workplace, is targetted at the busy professional, who has little time to follow an exercise regimen


Yogacharya Shameem Akhtar's book, Yoga in the Workplace, is targetted at the busy professional, who has little time to follow an exercise regimen

If work has been consuming all your time and energy, yoga expert Shameem Akhtar's book, Yoga in the Workplace, might just be the quick fix you've been waiting for.

Shameem guarantees that squeezing in just five minutes of yoga everyday, will result in manifold benefits.



The handy-sized book lists details of asanas that relieve tension in the shoulders, toes, ankles, as well as ways to rid chronic fatigue, beat stress and ease eyestrain.

Details on how each asana works and its benefits are listed alongside. The book carries easy-to-follow illustrations on each asana, and also the health implications of following a sedentary lifestyle.

A helpful index towards the end of the book provides an insight into warm-up exercises, including shoulder shrugs, hand and wrist rotations and finger stretches.
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The best part? You can do these exercises right at your desk and nobody will mind.

Yoga in the Workplace, Shameem Akhtar; Rs 295; published by Westland Ltd.

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