We sit too long as traders leaving our bodies stiff, inflexible and drunk with stress. We can find best practices to alleviate these mental and psychical states that are not optimal for our best trading. One way is with yoga stretches that I have found very helpful.<\/p>\n
As I get older I rise from after the opening session around 11am feeling funny tweaks and body tightness. I can’t help but think a stiff body leaves\u00a0 traders more stressed and in a less desirable state to make trade decisions. Not to mention you just don’t feel that great.<\/p>\n
During days when I lift and do cardio, I have been experimenting with the exercises below. They have left me calmer, more flexible and centered with my thinking.<\/p>\n
Many of us have heard about the benefits of yoga but do not know where to start.\u00a0 Benefits<\/a> such as:<\/p>\n More specifically to our work as traders yoga adds the benefits<\/a> of increased productivity, enhanced memory and stress reduction.\u00a0 Where did that stock break out from again?\u00a0 How did I miss that stock?\u00a0 Why didn’t I review those charts before the open?\u00a0 Why am I so tense during this trading session?\u00a0 Apparently, yoga can help with this.<\/p>\n Yoga can help<\/a> us deal with the inevitable losing trades argues this trader.<\/p>\n Yoga helps us perform better.\u00a0 Remember, too much stress harms performance as this article<\/a> explains.\u00a0\u00a0 If pressure is too high or too low then our trading performance will suffer.<\/p>\n I remember the first and only yoga class I went to with Steve Spencer, Co-Founder of SMB Capital. The instructor came over to me during one pose and asked, “Why are you sitting this pose out?” I thought I had been doing the pose.\u00a0 I was certainly trying as hard as I could to do it.\u00a0 Apparently, I was so bad she thought I was resting. So starting can be intimidating for some. The video below is a great place for you to start and see if yoga is worth further pursuit for your trading.<\/p>\n I hope it helps!<\/p>\n\n