Duration: 14 minutes    

Benefits: stretches and lengthens muscles, relieves tightness and tension in the shoulders, promotes mental alertness.

This chair-based qigong routine is ideal if you’re stuck at your desk for several hours a day, or if you struggle with standing exercises. Opening up the body, it will leave you feeling stretched, supple, calm and refreshed.

Mark begins with a set of mobility and stretching exercises. He moves onto relaxing, gentle qigong routines and finishes with a short, seated meditation.

Please note – always do the exercises to the best of your ability, do not force any of the movements.