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Phase 3 · The Version That Repeats

Part of the 12 Week Yoga Program for Type 2 Diabetes

25 Minute Yoga Sequence to Keep Your Blood Sugar Steady

The last three weeks and the one to keep. Everything the program built, in a version that survives a normal week.

The effect of exercise on how your body handles glucose does not bank. It fades within a day or two, which means the version of this you can repeat is worth more than the version you can just about manage. Twenty-five minutes, four times a week, with the standing work, the back bends and the twists all still in it. This is the session designed to still be happening next year.

25 min · Level 1

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Wann hilfreich

For weeks ten to twelve, and afterwards four times a week for as long as you like. Twenty-five minutes, a mat and a wall. This runs alongside your diabetes treatment, not instead of it. If you take insulin or a sulfonylurea, check your blood glucose before you practise and keep fast acting carbohydrate within reach.

Metabolic effect

The same standing work and back bends as the long session, in the shortest form that still does the job.

Physical effect

Legs, the front of the body and a twist through the middle.

Durability

Four short sessions a week beats two long ones, because the effect fades between them rather than accumulating.

Short and complete

One of everything the twelve weeks built.

SchneidersitzSukhasana
01
2 min

Schneidersitz

Sitting up, ujjayi breathing.

Two minutes to set the pace.

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KatzenposeMarjaryasana
02
1 min

Katzenpose

Hands and knees, rounding on the out breath.

The middle of the body wakes up.

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Kuh HaltungBitilasana
03
1 min

Kuh Haltung

Chest forward on the in breath, eight rounds.

The gentlest movement in the session and the one that says how the back is today.

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StuhlUtkatasana
04
45 sec, twice

Stuhl

Chair Pose, two sets, thighs working.

If you only kept one pose out of this whole program, it would be this one.

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SeitwinkelUtthita Parsvakonasana
05
45 sec each side

Seitwinkel

Side Angle, forearm on the thigh.

A long loaded hold on both legs.

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Hohe KobraBhujangasana
06
30 sec, twice

Hohe Kobra

Face down, chest lifting, breath moving.

The back bend that appears in nearly every protocol in this research.

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SchulterbrückeSetu Bandha Sarvangasana
07
45 sec, twice

Schulterbrücke

Hips lifted, feet pressing.

The glutes and the backs of the legs, in two sets.

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Die liegende DrehungJathara Parivartanasana
08
1 min each side

Die liegende Drehung

Knees to one side, shoulders staying down.

The twist, in the version that costs nothing.

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Liegende TaubeSupta Kaptasana
09
45 sec each side

Liegende Taube

Ankle across the opposite thigh.

The hips, briefly.

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Das Siegel der UmkehrViparita Karani
10
2 min

Das Siegel der Umkehr

Legs up the wall, or flat if that is the version for you.

Two minutes that make the whole thing feel finished.

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TotenstellungSavasana
11
3 min

Totenstellung

Flat, quiet, then up slowly.

Three minutes, every time.

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Integration

Four times a week indefinitely, with the ten minute after meal session on top whenever you like. If it slips, the ten minute one is the easier thing to come back to.