Office Yoga is a survival handbook for the deskbound; a practical manual of simple movements which you can do a few minutes at a time throughout the day, to relieve the tension and stress of sedentary working life. It give clear instructions and illustrations for sixty stretching and breathing exercises - simple, safe, and fun to do - most of which can be done sitting in your chair at your desk.

Doing Office Yoga will make you feel better. It will relieve and help prevent headache, neck-ache, backache, and eye-ache. It will improve your posture and breathing, replenish your vitality, boost your energy levels and improve your concentration.

Office Yoga also offers guidance on improving your personal working environment: chair, desk and lighting; and suggest how to make use of the time you spend travelling to and from work.

It you work at a desk, computer terminal or drawing board, in an office or at home, Office Yoga will be of sound practical help to you.

About the Author

Julie Friedeberger has practised yoga for twenty years. She holds the British Wheel of Yoga Teachers' Diploma and the teaching certificates of the Dharma Yoga Centre and the Body workshop.

Julie Friedeberger is currently at work, in collaboration with her teacher, Swami Dharmananda Saraswati, on a handbook entitled A Manual of Basic Yoga Practices. She lives in London with her husband, the painter Klaus Friedeberger.

From the back of the Book

Extracts from reviews:

… gives clear instruction and illustrations for sixty stretching and breathing exercises which are simple, safe and fun to do.
National Herald,
8th April, 2000

… provides sixty stretching and breathing exercises which can prove very useful for improving the physical and mental conditions of those having to undergo the hazards of long-hour desk jobs.
The Statesman Literary Supplement,
12th April, 1999

The book teaches simple Yoga-based movement co-ordinated with breathing that can be performed from a sitting position ….
Pathway to God,
Vol. 33, No. 1, Oct.-Dec., 1998

The book is profusely and clearly illustrated so that the user is in no doubt at any stage of his practice. Another interesting aspect is the set of instructions given for integrating these exercises with daily activities. The book closes with a reading list for those interested in knowing more about yoga and meditation.
Asha Reddy,
The Vedant Kesari

The book, though small in size is yet highly useful and essentially practical in its directions. The beginners as well the advance practitioners can all derive benefit from its study.
The Vedic Path,
Vol. II, LVI, NO. 2, Dec. 1998

Contents:

   Preface
   Introduction
1  Sitting
2  The Exercises: sitting
   The shoulders, neck and upper back 
3  More exercises: sitting
   The spine
4  More exercises: sitting
   The arms
   The legs
   The eyes
5  Breathing
6  The exercises: standing
7  The beginning, middle and end of the working day
8  Using this book throughout your day
9  Taking it further Reading list

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