After a busy and stressful day, what should be one of life’s simplest actions can often feel like the most difficult: falling asleep. If your thoughts are racing and your body is tense, getting high-quality, restorative sleep may seem impossible.
Enter the more than 5,000-year-old practice of yoga, which relaxes the body and soothes the mind. To help set you up for a great night’s sleep, we partnered with Sleep Number and asked popular yoga instructors across the country about the gentle poses they would recommend incorporating into our bedtime routines. Their answers, along with illustrated visual aids, are below. Take a look, talk to your doctor if necessary and sweet dreams.