Mental breathing space
Give yourself permission to pause notifications, leave the screen and take a moment before the next task. This is time for you, rather than another performance target.
Bring your yoga to life.The Jyoti 5-Minute Desk Challenge
A small break. A shared challenge. A kinder working day.
The Jyoti 5-Minute
Desk Challenge.
Make a meeting with yourself.
Then invite someone else to make time for themselves, too.
Choose your own route: optionally join with your email, book a five-minute break or share the challenge. You can go straight to your one-month Jyoti trial at any time. Gentle movement, breathing or a moment away from the screen — make it work for your day.
JYOTI CHALLENGESHARE WITHCOLLEAGUES!JYOTI · FIVE MINUTES FOR YOUTAKE FIVE.
MAKE IT YOUR CHALLENGE.
Bring your yoga to life.Your five minutes. Your choice.
Give yourself five.
Join the challenge.
No competition. No public leaderboard. Just a small commitment to make room for yourself during the working day.
Joining the challenge is free. App subscriptions and trials are separate.
A small part in a healthier working day.
We’re Jyoti Harvey and Alan Spong, co-founders of Jyoti Yoga & Wellness. We started this challenge for people working from home, between meetings, in offices and across busy organisations — including NHS and healthcare staff.
MSK problems affect people, employers and health services. We want to do our small part in a wider effort to make movement breaks more normal and support healthier working habits, alongside the work of the NHS, healthcare and health maintenance organisations, and employers. Reducing the wider burden on patients, families and public services matters to us.
That is our ambition, not a measured result: Jyoti is not a cure or treatment for MSK conditions, and we do not claim the challenge prevents injuries, reduces patient numbers or cuts healthcare costs. It complements appropriate workplace support and professional care.
Your working day needs
space for body and mind.
Stress, mental wellbeing and musculoskeletal (MSK) concerns belong in the workplace wellbeing conversation. A diary full of meetings should still leave room for you.
A chance to change position
MSK problems affect muscles, joints and the back. HSE recommends short, frequent screen breaks or changes of activity, with opportunities to move and change posture.
A habit worth sharing
Book a five-minute meeting with yourself. Invite a colleague or friend to protect their own break — no pressure to join in and no need to share personal health information.
HSE estimates that work-related stress, depression or anxiety accounted for 22.1 million lost working days in Great Britain in 2024/25; work-related MSK disorders accounted for 7.1 million. These figures explain the wider context, not the effects of this challenge. Read the figures · HSE guidance on screen breaks.
The challenge is general wellbeing, not treatment for stress, mental ill health or MSK conditions. It complements suitable work breaks, workplace adjustments and professional support.
Step 2 of 4 · Book your five minutesMake a habit of
Make a habit of
making a meeting with yourself.
Your diary has room for everyone else.
Put yourself in it.
Pick one gap between calls. Pause notifications. Step away from the screen if you can, choose comfortable movement or take a moment to breathe naturally.
- Five minutes that fit your working day.
- No mat or special clothes needed.
- Chair or supported-standing options, at your own pace.
Optional: explore the free desk movement guide
Move within your comfort and ability; stop if you feel pain or dizziness. Short breaks are part of a working day, not a substitute for workplace risk controls or clinical care.
JYOTI 5-MIN DESK CHALLENGE
GIVE A FRIEND FIVE!
Step 2 of 4 · Choose your calendar slotYour next meeting?
Your next meeting?
Make it with you.
Choose when to take your break. Download a calendar invitation or open Google Calendar, then review and save it in your own diary.
This creates a personal reminder. It does not book a live class or reserve an appointment with a teacher.
MY NEXT FIVE MINUTESChoose your day and time →
My Jyoti meeting with myself
Movement · Breathing · A moment for me
Bring your yoga to life.A small break worth passing on.
Challenge a colleague.
Give a friend five.
“Five minutes for yourself.
Want to try the Jyoti challenge with me?”
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Bring your yoga to life.Give a friend five. Share Jyoti.
Invite a friend or colleague. More opens your device’s share menu for other installed apps, where supported. If sharing is unavailable, your invitation is copied for you to paste. You choose who receives it and confirm sending.
Bring your yoga to life.Your free one-month Jyoti trial.
Take five minutes for you.
Bring your yoga to life.
Begin your free 1-month trial of Jyoti.
Keep the habit going with personalised YogaBuilder™ sessions, chair and standing choices, breathing and mindful audio.
On a computer? Start your trial in the iPhone or Android app, then use the same Jyoti login for Desktop Web BETA. Already subscribed? Open web access instructions.
Jyoti Desktop Web BETA
Use your membership on a bigger screen
No obligation to continue: cancel before the trial ends to avoid a subscription charge. Eligible new subscribers only. A subscription renews automatically after the trial unless cancelled. Your app store confirms eligibility, price and terms before you subscribe. Joining or sharing the challenge does not activate the trial.
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iPhone / iPad · App Store · Android · Google Play · Desktop web access
Sharing is encouraged, never posted automatically. Bring Jyoti to your organisation.