{"id":27952,"date":"2014-05-15T12:15:02","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T16:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=27952"},"modified":"2016-07-14T16:04:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T20:04:19","slug":"yoga-poses-managing-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/fitness\/yoga-poses-managing-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Yoga Poses to Beat Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you\u2019re struggling with sky-high stress levels, yoga can be a great way to calm your mind<\/a> while giving your body the attention it deserves. It may seem counterintuitive that twisting yourself into a pretzel can promote relaxation, but it\u2019s true! Studies show that yoga has a whole host of benefits<\/a>; it can boost immunity, fight food cravings, and can even help relieve stress<\/a> since most practices dedicate several poses to meditation<\/a> that brings your thoughts and feelings into awareness.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe key to de-stressing is realizing how to calm the mind and be present,\u201d says world-renowned yogi and DailyBurn<\/a> trainer Briohny Smyth. No time for \u201cme\u201d time? To balance family life with the demands of a busy career, Smyth wakes up extra early to dedicate time to her own personal practice. \u201cIt\u2019s really important for me to start the day calm and clearheaded,\u201d she says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But where\u2019s a new yogi to start? Smyth developed the beginner-friendly sequence of yoga poses below to promote physical and mental awareness and help tame tension. If you\u2019re practicing at night (which can help you sleep better<\/a>), she recommends you end in savasana<\/a> (corpse pose) or viparita karani<\/a>, where your back is pressed on the ground and your legs are up the wall. If you\u2019re practicing in the morning, Smyth suggests beginning and ending with a seated meditation.<\/p>\n

Yoga to Beat Stress<\/h3>\n

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Not ready for your moment of zen to be over? Follow Briohny\u2019s complete yoga program at <\/i>DailyBurn.com<\/i><\/a>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don\u2019t let stress get the best of you! Start your day off right with this yoga sequence for beginners. These 10 yoga poses will have you feeling refreshed in no time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":27984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,6,19],"tags":[117,249,282,145,341,355,100,286],"class_list":["post-27952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exercise","category-fitness","category-yoga","tag-relaxation","tag-slideshow","tag-stress","tag-stretching","tag-tax1living-well","tag-tax2yoga","tag-workout","tag-yoga"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}