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Yoga for Sleep: A 5-Minute Bedtime Routine for Deeper Rest

A simple yoga-for-sleep practice to calm your nervous system and improve rest—includes a 5-minute in-bed routine.

10/4/2025

A Guide to Yoga for Sleep: Calm Your Mind and Body for Deeper Rest

(Short version) Why yoga helps sleep, and a 5-minute bedtime routine you can do on your bed.

5-Minute Bedtime Yoga (HowTo)

  1. Child’s Pose (1 min) — release the back and nervous system.
  2. Cat–Cow (1 min) — free the spine and breath.
  3. Gentle Forward Fold (1 min) — unwind hamstrings and lower back.
  4. Legs-Up-the-Wall (2 min) — parasympathetic reset and calmer heart rate.

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