By Hannah Gamble | Core Goods & Trailasana Yoga Studio

It’s easy to get focused on work and forget to take breaks and stay active. Here are some ways to incorporate movement and breath into your day:

• Hourly reminders: Set a reminder on your phone to stand up once every hour or two, and take a few minutes to move, even if you’re still at your desk.
• Five minute mindfulness practice: Sit up tall, not slouching or collapsing in the shoulders. Close your eyes. Take a moment to notice the room—any distractions, sounds, smells. Check in with yourself. Notice how you feel at this moment. Whatever that feeling is, sit with it. Inhale deeply for three counts, exhale fully for three counts. Continue breathing, lengthening each inhale and exhale if you can. Continuing for the remainder of your time.
• Relieving upper back and shoulder discomfort: Sit up tall, inhale and arch your back, pull your shoulders back, push your chest forward, and look up at the sky. Stay here for a few breaths to relieve all the tension from slouching over your desk.
• Getting the blood moving: Stand with feet hip width apart, on an inhale pull the right knee up in line with your hip, and exhale to release it back down. Continue and do 5-10 reps on each leg

This article was published in the Future Leaders & Entrepreneurs Exchange’s (FLEX) May 2021 edition of the FLEX Your Ideas (FYI) Newsletter.