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Fix wrist pain in yoga 👐

Yoga with Kate Amber · 0:34

In this practice

Key teachings

  • Wrist pain can stem from lifestyle habits (driving, typing)
  • Strengthening wrists is crucial for alleviating pain in weight-bearing yoga poses
  • Targeted drills can prevent and fix wrist discomfort

Ideal for

  • Individuals experiencing wrist pain in yoga or daily life
  • Yoga practitioners looking to strengthen wrists proactively
  • Anyone performing activities that strain the wrists (e.g., typing, driving)

Lesson

Steps

  • Finger opening and closing drills with a hair tie
  • Tabletop drills (full hand, fingertips, fingers)
  • Supported Yogi push-ups on the back of the hands
  • Wrist strengthening with a small weight

Benefits

  • Alleviates wrist pain during yoga and daily activities
  • Increases wrist and forearm strength and stability
  • Improves endurance for weight-bearing poses
  • Enhances overall comfort and longevity in yoga practice

Transcript

if you have wrist pain in your yoga practice this can be caused from lifestyle habits such as driving or typing a lot but it can flare up with weightbearing exercises like yoga or floor exercises so how can you fix it you have to strengthen your wrist I'll show you how to do it take a little hair tie and open and close your fingers try these drills in tabletop full hand fingers fingertips fingers full hand blink the lights try supported Yogi push-ups on the back of the hands and a good oldfashioned weight

Practice summary

Level
all levels
Duration
8 minutes
Equipment
yoga mathair tiesmall weight
Target areas
wristshandsforearms
Energy
balancing

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