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Posted: 2016-05-13T17:39:57Z | Updated: 2016-05-15T21:44:52Z If You're A Stressed Parent, You Need This Yoga Routine | HuffPost Life

If You're A Stressed Parent, You Need This Yoga Routine

Moms and dads, this one's for you.
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Does the stress of being a parent leave you feeling exhausted?

There's good reason to address your stress: Research suggests that anxious parents can reduce their chances of passing on an anxiety disorder to their kids (quelle surprise, there's a link) if they address and treat their stress head on. 

A good place to start? Yoga. 

In the Yogaglo video above, instructor Carole Westerman shows you how to stretch out and revitalize, so that you can be your best self for your kids (and yourself). Each pose is designed to reduce stress, open up your body and recharge. The best part? It all takes less than three minutes.

Watch the moves and give them a try this weekend as you unwind from a busy week. You'll be back at it in no time.

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Before You Go

9 Yoga Poses For The Mind Body Connection
Poses 1 And 2: Arms High To Arms Wide(01 of05)
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From standing with feet parallel, inhale your arms high overhead. With eyes soft, exhale your arms out wide to shoulder height. Repeat this 9 times. Breathe under your arms, into all sides of your heart and let your breathing tell you when to move.Feel your body absorbing that motion. (credit:Virayoga)
Poses 3 And 4: Side Stretches (02 of05)
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Feet parallel, use your right hand to hold your left wrist and stretch to your right. Breathe 9 full breaths here, filling your entire body, from feet to fingertips. Let your eyes and neck relax. Then do the other side.Feel the sides of your body nourished and expansive. (credit:Virayoga)
Poses 5 And 6: Open Heart; Moving Within(03 of05)
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Inhale to open your arms wide and slightly higher than your head, welcoming, opening; then exhale to turn within, arms still straight to prayer hands way out in front of you. Repeat the inhale and exhale 9 times.Feel the vast space of your heart here for a moment. (credit:Virayoga)
Poses 7 And 8: Stretch Long To Forward Bend(04 of05)
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Interlace your hands above your head, turn your hands inside out and inhale to stretch from your feet all the way up to your hands. While suspending that inhalation, open your hands out to the sides and interlace them back behind you with palms facing each other, exhale and fold down over your straight legs with hands over your head to open your heart. Inhale hands out to the sides to interlace and turn inside out high above, hold that breath and open your arms to re-interlace behind you, exhale into the fold. Repeat 3-9 times. (credit:Virayoga)
Pose 9: Healing Hands To Body (05 of05)
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Place your left hand on your heart, your right hand on your belly. You've just revitalized your immune system, energized your circulation and digestion, and re-calibrated your nervous system. Feel the openings in your body, the quiet patience inside. This quick boost for your immunity is a very real step in the direction of healing. (credit:Virayoga)

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