Office Yoga: Simple Stretches for Busy People

by Darrin Zeer, Michael Klein (Illustrations)

Yoga has gone completely mainstream. Sensible people everywhere are saying "Om" and doing postures once a week. Enter the world's easiest yoga book for the place we need it work! Renowned teacher Darrin Zeer brings this ancient Indian art to the modern-day office with a fully illustrated, easy-to-use guide offering 75 stress-relieving stretches perfect for the cube environment. Unlike most yoga guides, Office Yoga offers a fun, accessible approach and is useful for both beginners and experts. Exercises are organized by time of day and for a variety of situationswaking stretches, commute exercises, on-the-phone and at-the-copy machine stretches. Humorous and colorful illustrations by Michael Klein enliven exercises that can be performed anywhere from the elevator to the conference room. This handy little book will fit nicely on any desktop, and makes a great gift for the workaholic in your life.

Genres: Health, Nonfiction, Fitness, Reference, Self Help

96 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2000

About the author

CNN calls Darrin, "America's Relaxation Expert".
He has appeared on CNN, in Time magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. Darrin spent seven years traveling and studying yoga and meditation throughout Asia. He is the author of Office Yoga, Office Spa, Office Feng Shui, Everyday Calm, Travel Yoga, Lovers' Yoga, Lovers' Massage, How To Mess Up Your Life, Everyday Is Mother's Day and the Office Stress Emergency Kit.
Darrin leads Stress Management trainings at corporations like Del Monte Foods, Maidenform, 3M, General Motors & CNN. He also teaches Couple's Yoga & Massage retreats at resorts around the world

Reviews

[Rachel Wrubel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute book! I got a copy to keep on my desk as a reminder to chill and bought my colleagues a copy.

[Philip · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book for those with a desk job. I have already implemented many of these moves and stretches into my daily routine.

[Miss Lily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Picked this up at my Yoga Studio to keep at the office. It's a handy text full of quaint illustrations-- that do reasonable justice to the text, which is thorough and peppy. Includes tips for things to do at home to start your relaxed day off right, including a smoothie recipe idea, and stretches to do in bed and after rising. Basic stretches set up for standing and sitting; grouped by topic-- things to do while on the phone, to do while waiting for your computer to log in/boot up. I'll keep this on-hand both for myself and to loan to co-workers!

[Tony Noland · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a quick guide for desk rats everywhere, whether you're stuck in a cubicle farm or scribbling away in a garret (or both). It has stretches, poses, positions and basic yoga exercises that you can do throughout the day to improve your energy and focus.

[Jill · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is great for little stretches and tips on getting yourself focused and calm when you are at work. Aside from common sense tips like drink more water and take a walk at lunchtime, there are easy yoga poses you can do at your desk. While I won't be doing cobra pose on the floor of my office in the children's library, I can do some of the twist stretches or simple leg stretches or breathing exercises to retain my focus and calm on rough days.

[Julie Arthur · Rating 5 out of 5]

Picked this up at a thrift shop recently and it looked like a neat little read since I'm sometimes stuck at my desk all day. This is a quick and easy book for getting some extra movement in while you're deskbound. Most of the stretches are easy to do in your office or common space. Very handy book to keep at my desk for those long paperwork days!

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

Published in 2000, this book is as relevant as ever. It describes key yoga poses in clear language and pictures in combinations which have been categorised for different situations. There are also life tips to help you holistically. Looking forward to trying some of the combinations!

[Bett Correa-Bollhoefer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice ideas for moving at work

[Indira · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was ok, but the name of the book is misleading. It includes stretches when at home, morning, afternoon etc. That wouldnt be a bad thing, but I was looking forward to a book that was full of stretches that I could do at my desk without looking like a moron. Since I sit with other people close by, I'm not going to get up and put my leg on the desk and stretch, nor will I squat and stretch, and I wont go over the photocopier and practically moon everyone around. There are actually exercises that say that you can lie on the ground and prop your legs up against the wall, and during lunch, you can change into your sweats and to the cobra pose. Um, I dont know what workplace these people work in, but I'm NOT going to lie on my germ infested groud with my legs up in the air. I think that pretty much can qualify as sexual harassment!

There is one chapter that deals with specifically desk work, which is a good chapter, but it doesnt really tech me any new form of stretch, merely reinforces what I already know. There is an overall calming tone of the book and though some exercises arent as descriptive as I would like e.g. "stretch your arms out" (to where? front of me? side? palms up? down?), I dont hate it. The illustrations are quite nice too and I think I prefer this rather than seeing actual people.

Also, sort of a waste for a Kindle book. Quite often, one quote will take up an entire page. Plus using it as a reference, I think flipping through a physical book

Would have given 2.5 stars but not an option.

[Dyah Rinni · Rating 3 out of 5]

Buku ini kecil dan tipis (cuma 110 halaman). Meskipun begitu, buku ini mengajarkan bahwa Yoga bisa dilakukan di manapun, termasuk di kantor. Nggak ada gerakan-gerakan aneh yang bisa bikin kamu dipanggil ama bos (apalagi dipanggilin dokter dari RSJ). Cukup gerakan-gerakan sederhana yang gampang dilakukan kalau punggung kita pegal atau kita butuh streching setelah capek mengetik.

Daftar Isi:
Pembuka Mata di Pagi Hari
Relaksasi di Meja Kerja
Hiburan Saat Makan Siang
Penyegaran Saat Senja
Penyeimbang Saat Malam

Di Indonesia diterbitkan oleh BIP, kelompok Gramedia.

[albin james · Rating 5 out of 5]

She loved music, especially Schumann
And also Mozart

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"Your work is to discover your work, and then with all your heart to give yourself to it."

- Buddha

[R. Sanyoto · Rating 5 out of 5]

posisi2 yoga yg simple.. cocok utk mereka2 yg suibuk.. cuba dech >>

[Fathonah · Rating 2 out of 5]

isinya lengkap, komplit plit ...
bikin orang yg ga sempet olah raga di gym ato lari2 santai bisa tetep bugar ... dari mulai bangun tidur sampai tidur lagi ...

[L · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a simple little book, but that makes it perfect to keep at and follow at work.

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 2 out of 5]

1333rd - 2011

Harganya cuman 3000 perak di obral Gramed Plangi. Selesai dibaca dalam perjalanan (jalan kaki) ke kantor. Keknya buku ini bagusnya disimpan di kantor, sesuai judul dan isinya.

[Brent · Rating 4 out of 5]

A favorite: say, where is my copy of this? I am never quite finished with this stuff.

[Lesley Looper · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good ideas for stretches, both at work and at home. I'm less likely to get down on the floor at work to stretch, but some of the poses would make good at-home study break stretches.

[AquaMoon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of helpful tips for the workaholic. And I plan to use them...if I can remember to do so in the heat of the moment. Thanks for recommending, Sandy :)

[Isaac · Rating 2 out of 5]

A nice straight forward book with some stretches you can do anytime even at work.

[John Hawkins · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not a great book. Pictures are a little too cute for my taste. Very quick read and somewhat useful for a Yoga teacher planning a talk to office workers.