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Desk Yoga Reset

An extended workday practice with seated twists, all-fours movement and repeated standing stretches before rest.

The shape of this practice

45:00 total
  1. Easy Seat
  2. Gentle Seated Twist
  3. Cat–Cow
  4. Mountain Pose
  5. Standing Side Bend
  6. Half Forward Fold
  7. Standing Forward Fold
  8. Tree Pose
  9. Low Lunge
  10. Mountain Pose
  11. Standing Side Bend
  12. Half Forward Fold
  13. Standing Forward Fold
  14. Tree Pose
  15. Low Lunge
  16. Mountain Pose
  17. Standing Side Bend
  18. Half Forward Fold
  19. Standing Forward Fold
  20. Tree Pose
  21. Gentle Seated Twist
  22. Constructive Rest
  • Arrive
  • Move
  • Rest

Give yourself a change of position after time at a desk. Step away from the screen and choose enough space to move freely. Where a pose returns, notice what has changed without assuming you need to go further. Take a comfortable version and stay with your breath. When you reach Constructive Rest, let the floor support you for 4 minutes and 30 seconds before you sit up.

The sequence

  1. Arrive
  2. 01 Easy Seat“Lift from the crown, not the chest” 1m
  3. 02 Gentle Seated Twist“Inhale tall, exhale turn” 5m 55s
  4. Move
  5. 03 Cat–Cow“Move from the tailbone first” 5m 56s
  6. 04 Mountain Pose“Root down to rise up” 1m 16s
  7. 05 Standing Side Bend“Up before over” 1m 16s
  8. 06 Half Forward Fold“Lengthen, don't lift” 1m 16s
  9. 07 Standing Forward Fold“Hinge from the hips” 1m 16s
  10. 08 Tree Pose“Root down through the standing foot” 1m 16s
  11. 09 Low Lunge“Hips forward and down” 1m 16s
  12. 10 Mountain Pose“Root down to rise up” 1m 16s
  13. 11 Standing Side Bend“Up before over” 1m 16s
  14. 12 Half Forward Fold“Lengthen, don't lift” 1m 16s
  15. 13 Standing Forward Fold“Hinge from the hips” 1m 16s
  16. 14 Tree Pose“Root down through the standing foot” 1m 16s
  17. 15 Low Lunge“Hips forward and down” 1m 16s
  18. 16 Mountain Pose“Root down to rise up” 1m 16s
  19. 17 Standing Side Bend“Up before over” 1m 16s
  20. 18 Half Forward Fold“Lengthen, don't lift” 1m 16s
  21. 19 Standing Forward Fold“Hinge from the hips” 1m 16s
  22. 20 Tree Pose“Root down through the standing foot” 1m 28s
  23. 21 Gentle Seated Twist“Inhale tall, exhale turn” 5m 55s
  24. Rest
  25. 22 Constructive Rest“Let the floor hold you” 4m 30s

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