We’ve all hit slumps in our writing from time to time, we just cannot get the words on paper, or not everything we write reads as we want it to. Often when this happens, it means we need to take a step back from our writing and find another activity that will help our racing mind. For me that activity is often yoga. These are my favorite three yoga asanas or poses that help me to write better and more productively.
1. Vrksasna or tree pose.
I find this pose especially helpful when I’ve been sitting at a desk for hours and either writing like mad or trying to write and I can’t get anything to come out how I want. Tree pose is beneficial for a number of reasons but my favorite is that it releases tension in the body, straightens my spine when I’ve been slumped over a computer and it encourages you to breathe deeply as well. This in turn manifests calm and peace allowing me to come up with new ideas. You can find an awesome video with instructions for how to do tree pose here.
2. Adho Mukha Svanasana or downward facing dog pose.