Wellness

Do them at the baggage carousel.

Nothing makes you feel stiff and sore quite like sitting on a plane.

It can also feel like hitting a reset button on your brain.

The best yoga poses to do after a flight.

Here, Lombardo breaks down the best moves to try after a flight.

  • Lie on your back on the floor or on a bed.

  • Prop up your legs on the wall, letting the wall fully support the weight of them.

Prop your legs up on a wall to help with circulation after a flight.

  • Bring your hands to your belly, and focus on your breath.

  • Stay for three to five minutes, or longer if you have the time.

Downward-Facing Dog

Down dog is a great poseto open up the entire body, she says.

Downward dog will help loosen up tight hamstrings after a flight.

  • Start on all fours.

  • Walk your hands one handprint forward, and tuck your toes under.

  • Keep your spine straight and, if possible, straighten your legs.

Try child’s pose to release tension in your shoulders and neck after a long flight.

  • Feel free to pedal your heels up and down by bending one knee and then the other.

  • Stay for five to 10 breaths or for as long as it feels good.

  • Touch your big toes together, and bring your knees out wide.

Try a forward fold after you get off a plane to release tension in your whole body.

  • Shift your hips toward your heels, and bring your palms together.

  • Bend your elbows, and take your hands behind your head.

  • Breathe into the sides of your chest, and release your chest toward the floor.

Tight hip flexors after a flight? Try a lizard pose.

  • Stay in this pose for one to two minutes.

Uttanasana

Forward folds are the perfect way to release tension across the whole back body, Lombardo says.

  • Stand up tall, then fold forward from your hips.

A bridge yoga pose will release tension in your shoulders post-flight.

  • Bring your hands toward the floor.

  • Stay for five to 10 breaths, or for longer if it feels comfortable.

  • Come to a low lunge position.

A seated spinal twist will feel so good after a long flight.

  • Keep your front knee stacked over your ankle and your back knee on the floor.

  • Roll to the other edge of your front foot.

  • Twist toward your front leg, and look toward the ceiling.

  • Feel a stretch in your hips and spine.

  • Stay for five to 10 breaths, then switch sides.

Thehip flexors, quadriceps, back, and shoulders all get opened up here.

  • Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet hips-distance apart.

  • Press into your feet to lift your hips toward the ceiling.

  • Clasp your fingertips together underneath you, and stretch them toward your heels.

  • Hug your shoulder blades together, and lift your chest toward your chin.

  • Take five to 10 breaths.

  • Sit cross legged with a tall spine.

  • Bring your right hand behind your back and your left hand across to your right knee.

  • With each inhale, imagine getting taller and with each exhale twist more deeply.

  • Repeat on the other side.