To tackle the job, the co-founders of New York Citys Sky Ting yoga studio put together a 30-minute yoga workout for Well+Goods Good Moves video series thats gentle, but gets your blood flowing when you roll out of bed and onto your mat. This is a short, 30-minute energizing yoga sequence that you can do every morning to start your day, says Krissy Jones, one of the studios co-founders. Hopefully itll leave you feeling a bit more charged up and energized.

If youve always considered yoga to be a snoozy-type of workout, know that some types of flow can be more upbeat rather than restorative (like this one). Sun salutations, for example, are literally meant for you to greet the sun, and they count as cardio if you flow through them swiftly enough. Inversions, like downward-facing dog, also send a rush of blood to your brain as an instant pep-up, while backbends quash that stiffness that you may feel when you get up in the morning.

Besides the energizing components of the yoga flow, youll also be working through yoga poses that double as strength training. Moves like chair pose, frog squat, and warrior one burn out your leg and glute muscles, and a plankwhich youll get into several times throughout the practiceis, of course, a staple core strengthener. Put it all together in one yoga flow, as is the case with this Sky Ting workout, and youve got a combination for a more easiness in your body that helps you feel ready to tackle your day. Grab your mat (thats all youll need!), and prepare to feel much more limber and way less crunched by starting your morning with this yoga flow. Hit the video above to get moving, and dont be surprised if you feel so energized that you skip your a.m. cup of Joe afterwards.

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Move through this 30-minute energizing yoga flow to stretch out every cramped muscle in your body - Well+Good