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Phase 3 · Something You Would Do Anyway

Part of the 12 Week Yoga Program for Chronic Stress

25 Minute Yoga Sequence for Everyday Stress

The last four weeks and the one to keep. Standing work, a back bend and a long ending, in a version that fits a real week.

Twelve weeks is where the research stops, and one of the better findings is that the effects were still there three months later without anyone being told to keep practising. What decides whether that happens is whether the practice you finish with is one you would actually do unprompted. Twenty-five minutes, with the standing work and the long ending both still in it.

25 min · Level 1

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Wann hilfreich

For weeks nine to twelve, and then once or twice a week indefinitely. Twenty-five minutes, a mat, a block and a wall. This is for the stress you feel, and that is what the research measures. Persistent low mood, sleeplessness that will not shift, or thoughts of harming yourself are a different matter and belong with a doctor.

Perceived stress

The same target as everything else here, in the version most likely to still exist in six months.

Physical effect

Two standing poses, one back bend, one twist, and ten minutes of nothing.

Durability

Short enough for a Wednesday, complete enough that nothing important is missing.

Short and complete

One of everything, with the ending kept at full length.

SchneidersitzSukhasana
01
2 min

Schneidersitz

Sitting up, nothing to do.

Two minutes before anything happens.

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KatzenposeMarjaryasana
02
1 min

Katzenpose

Rounding the back on the out breath.

The warm up, in its entirety.

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Kuh HaltungBitilasana
03
1 min

Kuh Haltung

Chest forward on the in breath, eight rounds.

And the other direction.

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SeitwinkelUtthita Parsvakonasana
04
1 min each side

Seitwinkel

Side Angle, forearm on the thigh.

The one long standing hold. Real effort, and it is what makes the ending work.

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PyramideParshvottanasana
05
45 sec each side

Pyramide

Pyramid, hands on blocks, hips level.

A second standing pose so the legs have actually done something.

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SchulterbrückeSetu Bandha Sarvangasana
06
1 min, twice

Schulterbrücke

Hips lifted, or supported on a block.

The front of the body opens, and then everything comes down.

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Die liegende DrehungJathara Parivartanasana
07
1 min each side

Die liegende Drehung

Knees to one side, shoulders down.

A twist with no work in it.

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Liegende TaubeSupta Kaptasana
08
45 sec each side

Liegende Taube

Ankle across the opposite thigh.

The hips, and the last instruction.

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Das Siegel der UmkehrViparita Karani
09
3 min

Das Siegel der Umkehr

Legs up the wall.

Three minutes that most people would keep even if they dropped the rest.

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TotenstellungSavasana
10
6 min

Totenstellung

Flat, covered, timer set.

Six minutes out of twenty-five. Even in the short version the ending gets protected.

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Integration

Once or twice a week for as long as you like. Effects in the trials were still present three months after the programmes ended, and the people that happened to were the ones who kept something going.