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Most of us are so caught up in work that it’s difficult to find the time to eat lunch, let alone sneak out to attend a yoga class. That doesn’t, however, mean you have to completely do away with your weekly workout goals. Here are five yoga poses to do in the office to keep you limber—without scaring off your coworkers.

1. High Altar Pose: Sitting in your office chair, inhale and lift your arms above your head. Clasp your hands together and invert your palms upward. Lean to your right, and hold for seven to eight breaths. Then, switch sides.

Whether or not your company has incorporated meditation into the workplace routine, there are several ways for you to practice mindfulness during the workday. These five meditations can be done at your desk during a quick, couple-minute break to reboot your mindset and help you release stress when you need it most.

1. Breath Meditation

We are moving beings. As animals in space and time, this is our nature. It is through literally moving into ourselves that we have evolved our way out from once being bacteria and into becoming the humans that we are today. Our bodies have grown to prove to be miraculously adaptive and capable - as a general species and especially in the modernized western world - despite our culturally confined upbringings.