5-minute morning yoga to seize the day

By Dana Santas, Special to CNN

Updated 1651 GMT (0051 HKT) August 18, 2017

When you first get out of bed, stand with feet hip distance and palms together at the center of your chest.<br />
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Mountain pose with prayer hands – When you first get out of bed, stand with feet hip distance and palms together at the center of your chest.
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Inhale to raise your arms up, aligning your hands above your shoulders, if possible.
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Mountain pose with arms up – Inhale to raise your arms up, aligning your hands above your shoulders, if possible.
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Standing with your arms overhead, take your right wrist in your left hand. Exhale deeply as you side bend to the left. Repeat on the other side, holding the opposite wrist in the opposite hand.<br />
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Standing side bend – Standing with your arms overhead, take your right wrist in your left hand. Exhale deeply as you side bend to the left. Repeat on the other side, holding the opposite wrist in the opposite hand.
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From standing, exhale as you step your right foot back into a low lunge with your fingertips, or palms, if you can reach, down on either side of your forward left foot.
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Low lunge – From standing, exhale as you step your right foot back into a low lunge with your fingertips, or palms, if you can reach, down on either side of your forward left foot.
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Add a twist to your low lunge by rotating from your mid back and opening your chest to reach your inside arm upwards in line with your shoulder.
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Twisting low lunge – Add a twist to your low lunge by rotating from your mid back and opening your chest to reach your inside arm upwards in line with your shoulder.
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After returning to standing from your low lunge, exhale as you bend forward, hinging from your pelvis, not your low back. Bend your knees as much as you need to for comfort.