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Want To Boost Focus? Try These 5 Desk-Friendly Yoga Poses

Leigh Weingus
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March 24, 2017
Leigh Weingus
By Leigh Weingus
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Leigh Weingus is a New York City based freelance journalist writing about health, wellness, feminism, entertainment, personal finance, and more. She received her bachelor’s in English and Communication from the University of California, Davis.
March 24, 2017

Your day was going well. You were full of energy and checking items off your work to-do list left and right. Then 4 p.m. hits, and you're hit with a wave of exhaustion. You realize that cookie you ate an hour ago led to a massive sugar crash. Your body is achy, you're having a hard time focusing, and you're suddenly in the grouchiest mood ever.

Instead of reaching for a cup of coffee that will keep you up all night, consider this: There are some simple, subtle yoga poses that will fill you with energy, eliminate aches and pains, and put you in a great mood—and you can do all of them at your desk. Below, yogi Jules Hunt demonstrates five of them.

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