Yoga For Surgeons

Yoga For Surgeons With Lily Dwyer Begg

Surgery requires intense mental and physical focus and prolonged periods in operative positioning (standing or sitting at attention looking at a microscope, neck flexed with headgear, elbows floating and pulling retractors laterally, wrists turning).

This series of yoga videos for surgeons is designed for both true beginners and yoga practitioners alike with the intention of both preventing and easing work-related musculoskeletal pain, as well as relieving stress.


Videos 1-5 range from 5-15 minutes and can be done at work, with a wall or chair and in public spaces, with minimal props including items you can find in the hospital, such as pillowcases or sheets or surgical tubing.

Videos 6-9 range from 30-50 minutes and can be done at home, with nothing aside from a mat or common household items like pillows, chairs, towels in video 9 which relies on props for support.

Your 10 Videos include:

  1. Welcome and Introduction how to use this series (4 min)

  2. “AM Rounds”: for setting mindset in the morning before first case (7 min) Focus: Mindfulness, gentle stretch for Chest, Shoulders, and Spinal Mobility

  3. “Turnover Time” for use between cases during the day (10 min) Focus: Focus: Relieving chronic postural tension in neck, chest openers, and a hamstrings stretch

  4. “Turnover Time” for use between cases during the day (8 min) Focus: Focus: Forearms, Wrist, Chest, Twist, and Shoulders

  5. “PM Rounds” for use at the end of the operative day (13 min) Focus: Release stress and tension from neck, chest, shoulders, and legs

  6.  “Saturday Practice” to do at home (47 min) Focus: building strength and flexibility for prevention of work-related pain. Focus on spinal mobility. Strengthen and Stretch the Hips

  7.  “Saturday Practice” to do at home (33 min) Focus: building strength and flexibility for prevention of work-related pain. Focus on spinal mobility. Twists and Hamstrings

  8.  “Saturday Practice” to do at home (49 min) Focus: building strength and flexibility for prevention of work-related pain. Focus on spinal mobility. Front Body Open, Back Body Strong

  9.  “Saturday Practice” to do at home (43 min) Focus: building strength and flexibility for prevention of work-related pain. Focus on spinal mobility. Household Items as Props for Focused Restorative Postures and Flows

According to a new study by Adrian Park, MD, chair of the Department of Surgery at Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC), surgeons who periodically pause for 90 seconds to perform a series of stretches throughout an operation report less work-related discomfort and an improvement in physical performance and mental focus. Results of the study will be published in the March 2016 Annals of Surgery. The results show the majority of participants (57%) doing these stretches perceive improvements in physical performance while 30% relate the stretches to improved mental focus. Finally, 87% of participants wanted to incorporate stretching in their operating rooms in the future.

Upon purchase, you will be emailed a receipt with a PDF containing the link to access your video playlist. Please be sure to download this within 24 hours of purchase so that you do not lose the playlist. If you have any troubles accessing your videos, email lilyyoga@gmail.com for assistance.

Yoga For Surgeon Series
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