17 Poses to Help You Recharge + Find Balance

BY CHELSEA JACKSON  |  
Whether you serve as a volunteer, teacher, 
parent, or yoga instructor, helping others can be energizing and exhausting all at once. It’s important to practice techniques that help you refuel and take care of yourself—as well as those you serve. This balancing, restorative sequence encourages you to “drink” as you “pour.” Seated meditative poses support you as you drink in and recharge, and Warrior Poses, inversions, and backbends help you find strength as you pour out offerings to the world.

If you have 10 minutes...

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Do these seated positions if you're short on time, but need the instant boost.

If you have 20 minutes...

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Combine seated and standing poses to meditate and find strength.

If you have 30 minutes...

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Perform the entire practice to fully recharge.

About Chelsea Jackson

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Chelsea Jackson, PhD, has a 200-hour hatha yoga training from Kashi Atlanta Urban Yoga Ashram, where she studied with Ma Jaya. Jackson is also certified by Yoga Ed to teach yoga to children, and earned her PhD from the Division of Educational Studies at Emory University in Atlanta. She founded chelsealovesyoga.com, a platform for discussion on yoga, race, and diversity; is a member of the Yoga and Body Image Coalition; and created the Yoga, Literature & Art Camp for teen girls.