Yoga to relieve the stress of business travel

Check out this May 5th New York Times article by John Hanc, Downward-Facing Dog’s Life, about the benefits that yoga can provide for business travelers (and probably for any traveler). Yoga can help business travelers improve their quality of sleep, blow off steam and can "be very beneficial in combating joint stiffness at the hip joint and preventing back problems." One traveler in the story used yoga to deal with "homesickness and melancholy," while another practiced yoga to keep herself "centered." The article includes a description of a suggested sequence of three stretches for business travelers and also mentions that "there is even an app for [yoga on-the-go]: Yoga Journal magazine’s iPractice 2.0, a mobile yoga class for iPhone and iPod Touch."


Image: Ben Garvin for The New York Times

Check out this May 5th New York Times article by John Hanc, Downward-Facing Dog’s Life, about the benefits that yoga can provide for business travelers (and probably for any traveler). Yoga can help business travelers improve their quality of sleep, blow off steam and can "be very beneficial in combating joint stiffness at the hip joint and preventing back problems." One traveler in the story used yoga to deal with "homesickness and melancholy," while another practiced yoga to keep herself "centered." The article includes a description of a suggested sequence of three stretches for business travelers and also mentions that "there is even an app for [yoga on-the-go]: Yoga Journal magazine’s iPractice 2.0, a mobile yoga class for iPhone and iPod Touch."


Image: Ben Garvin for The New York Times