Hours at a laptop shorten the hip flexors, round the shoulders and hush the breath. Five poses can undo a surprising amount of it in ten minutes.
Your afternoon will feel less like an obstacle course.
Start with a seated cat-cow to wake the spine, then a doorway chest opener. Add a low lunge for the hips, a supported forward fold for the neck and finish with legs up the wall.
Do the sequence at lunch, without changing clothes. Your afternoon will feel less like an obstacle course and more like a walk.
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