Yoga exercise for shoulder. Shoulder Rolls Pose

Yoga exercise for shoulder. Shoulder Rolls Pose

Seated Shoulder Rolls is considered a warm-up yoga pose to prepare the body for more intense yoga poses / yoga flow.
Anatomy

Seated Shoulder Rolls benefits the following muscles and hence can be included in yoga sequences with the corresponding muscle(s) focus:


Shoulder Rolls Pose - Step by Step Instruction

1. Seated in Siddhasana, raise the spine and begin rotating the shoulders clockwise taking the stretch deep upwards and deep downwards. Watch the movement of the shoulder blades as you do this and try and bring them together when the shoulders contract.

2. Take the shoulder rotation for about two rounds in clockwise direction for 4 breaths. Inhale as you go up and exhale as the shoulders contracts.

3. Release and bring the movement anti clockwise for about two rounds for 4 breaths.

4. Make sure the head is straight and so is the spine.

5. Release the rotation and move the head sideways to the left and sideways to the right to remove further stiffness around the shoulders and neck.

Variation

Seated Shoulder Rolls variations with base pose as Easy Pose (Sukhasana).

As students have varying abilities, a given yoga pose may be easy for a particular student but hard for another. In such cases, as a yoga teacher you can introduce pose variations to further challenge a student who is finding a specific yoga pose easy, or introduce an easier variation of a pose for the student who is finding the main pose hard.

Pose variations can therefore help your students grow and build further confidence in their yoga practice no matter what there starting ability levels are. And this is where your role as a yoga teacher becomes very important. Below we have compiled 59 pose variations of Seated Shoulder Rolls at one place to give you ideas to plan your yoga classes as you interact with students of different levels.