The Best Yoga Classes for Gardeners
When the weather warms up, for many, the garden gloves come on. Gardening is a fulfilling hobby that works your entire body, but like any workout, it can leave you with sore muscles. Yoga and gardening can be very complementary activities, and adding a post-gardening yoga session to your routine will help build strength in the most-used areas to prevent injury as well as stretch and release tension — especially in the neck, wrists, shoulders, and back.
We’ve rounded up our favorite yoga classes for gardeners that are perfect for practicing after a day of digging. Try all of these classes and more with a free 14-day trial to Alo Moves.
Wrist Health With Hannah Haller
The repetitive motions of gardening can make wrists feel tender, and since your wrists are a key player in your yoga practice, you’ll want to keep them in tip-top shape. In this class, you’ll go through a full-body warm-up with a focus on the wrists that you can build into your existing practice as a preventative exercise that builds wrist strength, flexibility, and stability.
Yoga For Low Back Pain With Caley Alyssa
If you’re hunched over while pruning plants or digging up holes for your new bulbs, sooner or later, your lower back is going to let you know it’s not happy if you don’t do anything to counteract those awkward positions from gardening. Elongate those back and leg muscles in this gentle yoga class that will tone down the tightness and have you ready to get your hands dirty again tomorrow.
The Heart Chakra With Kayla Nielsen
Open up your chest and shoulders as you strengthen your back body in this yoga class with Kayla Nielsen that’s focused on the Heart Chakra. You’ll work through expansive moves like Wild Thing and Floating Dog as you work out any kinks in your upper body as a result of all your hard work and sweat in the garden.
Melt: Shoulders and Hips With Eoin Finn
A long afternoon of gardening as well as general stress build-up from daily life can create stiffness throughout your body. Remedy it with this tension-melting class that focuses on the shoulders and hips from Eoin Finn. You’ll practice poses like Eagle and Forward Folds with clasped hands that will create space and stretch out any tightness.
Chest and Shoulder Opening With Josh Kramer
Between reaching for tall hedges to trim and repetitive movements like digging or chopping, your shoulders are used often while maintaining your yard, becoming one of the most injury-prone areas for gardeners. In this targeted yoga sequence, you’ll develop better joint stability, increase strength, and build awareness of where your tight spots are through poses like Warrior I, Wild Thing, and Humble Warrior.
Twist and Release With Eleonora Zampatti
Twist your way to feeling more loose and limber, completely free of stored-up tension you can get from awkward gardening positions. You’ll use the power of your breath to make the most out of poses like One-Legged Downward Dog and Low Lunge.
Neck Health With Calvin Corzine
With all the time we spend looking down, especially when gardening, we’re bound to end up with a sore neck sooner or later. In this class from Calvin Corzine, you’ll release built-up tension in your neck while going through strength-building moves and soothing stretches.
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