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Why Your Body Is Stiffest In The Morning — And A 60-Second Practice For It

Gold line drawing of a human figure on a deep green background, with rings marking the wrists and ankles, above a rising sun

Morning stiffness arrives at the same joints, in the same order, every day. Ayurveda’s Marma map and Siddha’s Varmam map both marked those exact places two thousand years ago — and both said to approach them gently. Here is what they noticed, and a 60-second practice you can do before your feet touch the floor.