Whether you have two minutes to spare before your next meeting, or 15 minutes to bring energy and mobility back into your body, this stretch is a calming, yet effective way to use that time. “The more you reach and stretch in every direction, the more you benefit here,” Bartha writes.
Along with using this stretch to add movement into a long day of sitting, it can also help wake the body up in the morning, release tension after an intense workout, or simply calm the mind after a stressful day.
“It really is such a huge stress and tension reliever,” Bartha says in the comment section. “ Like a huge breath of air!”