While we hope that you've managed to kick off your 2026 feeling rested, revived and rejuvenated, it's a busy time of year, which means many of us will be carrying some stress, tension, or strain. If that's you, we have just the yoga moves for you. Enter: a yoga instructor's pick of the best yoga moves for alleviating tension.
It's a fact that many of us wear our stress in our upper torso. So much so, in fact, that research (like this 2021 study, published in the journal The Lancet Rheumatology) reveals that 70% of adults will suffer from neck pain at some point, with further studies (such as this one, from the journal BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders) showing a correlation between overall health, sleep quality, aerobic exercise and neck and shoulder pain.
