Relieve Stress With Yoga

Stress, stress, stress!

I know after a long day of work all I want to do is go home and drink a large glass (or bottle) of wine because of the stress endured throughout the day. Another way to relieve stress is through yoga. Keep reading to find out how to take some stress away with a few simple poses.

Sukhasana Pose

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The Sukhasana Pose is a very easy, relaxing pose. Sit on the floor with your legs crossed. Place your hands on your knees and sit up straight. This allows for you to open up your body and elongate the spine. It also helps open up your hips. Sit like this for 60 seconds and take slow, deep breaths to eliminate any stress or anxiety that has built up.

Extended Puppy Pose

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The Extended Puppy Pose allows for stretching of the shoulders and also elongating the spine. It has shown that this pose is used to eliminate stress that settles in the shoulders while decreasing the tension as well.

Savasana Pose

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The Savasana Pose, although looks simple, is very relaxing. This pose is my favorite (can you guess why?). Lay on the floor with arms and legs extended to the side. Allow your muscles to fully relax. Take deep breaths allowing all of the stress to exit your body. With each breath you should feel more relaxed. Stay in this position for up to five minutes- and don't fall asleep!

Head-to-Knee Forward Bend Pose

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The Head-to-Knee Pose uses your whole body to relieve the stress you may have. Sit on the ground with one leg straight and while you bend the other one, resting your foot on your straight leg. Begin to slowly reach forward to whatever distance feels comfortable. You should feel your spine stretching and your shoulders stretching as well. This will release a lot of the tension put on your shoulders while sitting. This pose can calm your anxiety as well with stress. Switch to the other leg once you've completed the first.

No More Stress!

We all want to live a stress-free life. Doing these yoga poses for just a few minutes a day may make a huge difference! If any of these poses have worked for you, let us know! Comment at the bottom of this post. Feel free to comment any other yoga poses that have helped you deal with stress as well!

Come One, Come All!

Here ye, here ye!

Empower Events wants you to come to our first official open house! We are so excited to show our fans where the magic happens. Stop by our suite at 303 S Los Angeles St, Los Angeles from 11 pm though 4 pm on October 3rd, 2015 to enjoy food, prizes, and fun activities. What kind of fun stuff will be featured at this event? Keep reading to find out!
 



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What's for lunch?

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Our friends from Billotti's Catering will be serving up some delicious food for us! We will have a buffet of food that caters to vegetarian and gluten free meals as well. Billotti's Catering will include pasta, steaks, salads, asparagus, potatoes, and much more! Come join us to see what the signature desert will be! Lunch will start at 11:30 am and be available until 1 pm. 

Activities and Prizes

Here at Empower Events we love to have fun with local businesses which is why we decided to bring in some of our favorites.



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Ladies, we understand how wine makes everything just a little bit more exciting. Therefore we are bringing in our friends from Red Car Wine Company to offer wine tasting throughout the event for those of age. Red Car Wine Company will bring in the best of Moscato, Pino Grigio, Pino Noir, and Cabernet. You will have a chance to enter your name in a drawing for a free winery tour, plus a dinner for two on the house!

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Men, we understand some of you have not acquired the taste for wine just yet so we haven't forgot about you! Angel City BreweryAhas agreed to come in and let us taste test all the yummy beers         created in their brewery. They are bringing the best of their IPAs, Pilsners, and Lagers to our event. October is the perfect time to test out their seasonal Oktoberfest Lager! Angel City Brewery has offered a drawing for a barrel party hosted in their brewery lounge! Enter your name and you could be picked to have a 50 person barrel party hosted by them!

 

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CrossFit Los Angeles is a close friend to our company. We admire the instructors who teach self defense as well as uplifting exercise to keep us on our toes. Our two friends Joe Lauren and Ted Thompson will be demonstrating some of the self defense moves taught in their classes. Stop by their booth to learn some tips and tricks but don't forget to enter your name for a chance to win a year's worth of free exercise at CrossFit Los Angeles.

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What's not to love about the Los Angeles Angels? Angel's star Mike Trout will be making an appearance at our event along with Albert Pujols. Together they will be posing in a Photo Booth and green screen for you to take pictures with! Fun props and backdrops will be provided. Each photo will cost five dollars and a photo with a frame will cost ten dollars. All money from the photos will be donated to Susan G. Komen's cancer foundation. When you purchase a photo, your name will be entered in a drawing for a chance to throw the opening pitch during the 2016 MLB season at the Angel's stadium!

 

Have any suggestions for us? Tweet us!

Here at Empower Events we love to cater to our clients. If you have any suggestions for us during this open house, tweet us! Our Twitter page is now up and running! Find us on Twitter with the handle @_EmpowerEvents. You may also contact us at EmpowerEvents@gmail.com.

From everyone at Empower Events,

We hope to see you there!