--- title: 3 Ways to Beat the Sunday Blues With Yoga description: Yoga moves that help you emerge from the end-of-the-weekend funk canonical: https://time.com/3342036/yoga-mood/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-14T20:00:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:46.460Z article:section: Health og:title: 3 Ways to Beat the Sunday Blues With Yoga og:description: Yoga moves that help you emerge from the end-of-the-weekend funk og:url: https://time.com/3342036/yoga-mood/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 3 Ways to Beat the Sunday Blues With Yoga twitter:description: Yoga moves that help you emerge from the end-of-the-weekend funk twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 3 Ways to Beat the Sunday Blues With Yoga > Sponsored content. 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They may help you get out of your end-of-the-weekend funk. **Open your heart with Wheel Pose** Sometimes when you’re in a bad mood, you just need to take deeper breaths and oxygenate your body. Backbends are great heart-openers and they really boost your spirits. This pose will also get your heart rate up, which energizes you and helps with crankiness. Start lying on your back with your knees bent and your feet flat on the mat. Take your hands back by your ears, fingertips facing forward, and press into your hands and feet to lift your torso up into a full wheel. Hold for 5 to 8 breaths then lower back down. You can repeat 2 more times if you wish. If full wheel is too tough, do a half wheel instead to reap the benefits.  **Health.com:** [22 Ways to Get Happy Now](http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20793541,00.html?xid=Time-yoga-mood-090814) **Go upside down with Headstand** One thing you can do to get out of a bad mood is literally switch your perspective by turning upside down. Headstand is one of my favorite poses: It flips a switch in the brain letting all the blood flow in to the head. Start on your hands and knees, place your elbows on the floor and interlace your fingers. Place the crown of your head at the heels of your hands and press firmly into your forearms. The majority of your weight should be in your arms—not your head or neck. Tuck your feet under and walk them in as close as you can before lifting them up one at a time or pulling both knees in to your chest then pressing them skyward. Hold for 5 to 8 breaths before slowly and carefully lowering back down. Once you’re back upright, you’ll have a new attitude!  **Health.com:** [25 Surprising Ways Stress Affects Your Health](http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20642595,00.html?xid=Time-yoga-mood-090814) **Challenge yourself with Crow Pose** One of the best ways to boost your mood is to challenge yourself. When you hold yourself in a crazy arm balance, you gain confidence and courage and it can help break your pattern of negative thinking. If you’ve never tried Crow before, watch this video to learn [how to do Crow Pose in 4 steps](http://www.health.com/health/video/0,,20822630,00.html?xid=Time-yoga-mood-090814). Start in a squat position, place your hands on the floor shoulder width apart and lift your hips high. Bend your elbows straight back and squeeze your upper outer arms (or place your knees in your armpits), engage your core, and lift your feet up off the floor. When you take flight, you automatically lift your spirits. Try to hold for 5 breaths and come down to rest when you need. Place a pillow in front of you for a crash pad; even toppling forward may make you laugh and emerge from a bad mood. If Crow is too hard, try any yoga pose that challenges you—even [Tree Pose](http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20727134%5F7,00.html?xid=Time-yoga-mood-090814).  **RELATED:** [12 Yoga Poses For People Who Aren’t Flexible](http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20727134,00.html) **_Kristin McGee_** _is a leading yoga and Pilates instructor and healthy lifestyle expert based in New York City. She is an ACE certified personal trainer who regularly trains celebrity clients in New York and Los Angeles. 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