5 Yoga Poses to Help Control Blood Sugar

Maintaining stable blood sugar is essential for anyone living with diabetes or prediabetes. Besides medication and a balanced diet, regular exercise — especially yoga — can significantly help regulate glucose levels and improve overall well-being.

In this article, we’ll explore 5 powerful yoga poses that support blood-sugar control and introduce how modern technology like Bubble Smart Reader can make monitoring even easier and more effective.

1. Bow Pose

This pose helps strengthen and stimulate the pancreas, an organ that plays an important role in insulin production. It also helps promote digestion and tone the abdominal muscles.

How to do it:

• Lie face down with your legs spread apart.

• Bend your knees back, reach your arms behind and grasp your ankles.

• Inhale, lift your chest and legs off the floor, pull your legs up as high as you can.

• Keep your gaze forward, hold the position for 15-20 seconds.

• Exhale and slowly lower down.

  
  

Smart tip: After completing your yoga session, check your glucose level using Bubble Smart Reader. The device connects with NightScout, allowing you or your loved ones to monitor real-time data and receive instant alerts when blood-sugar levels drop too low.

2. Cobra Pose

This posture helps keep the spine healthy, tones the abdominal muscles, and stimulates the pancreas. Regular practice can contribute to lowering blood sugar and improving respiratory function.

How to do it:

• Lie face down, legs straight, place both hands under the shoulders with elbows bent.

• Press your palms firmly into the floor, inhale and slowly raise your chest upward while keeping the pelvis on the floor.

• Look straight ahead, hold for 20-30 seconds.

• Exhale and gently lower yourself down.

  
  

3. Camel Pose

This back-bending posture stretches the front of the body. It stimulates the abdominal organs and improves digestion as well as insulin sensitivity.

How to do it:

• Kneel with your knees hip-width apart.

• Place your right hand on your right heel, and left hand on your left heel.

• Gently arch your back and look upward, pushing your chest forward.

• Hold for 15-20 seconds.

Smart integration: With Bubble Smart Reader, you can track how your yoga practice influences your glucose readings over time. The device’s continuous data stream helps you fine-tune your exercise and diet routine effectively.

4. Seated Forward Bend

Sitting and bending forward helps calm the nervous system, stimulate the pancreas, and reduce stress and anxiety.

How to do it:

• Sit on the floor with your legs extended in front of you.

• Inhale and stretch your spine upward.

• Exhale and bend forward from your hips, keeping your seat on the floor. Try to touch your feet or shins with your hands.

• Hold the pose for 30-45 seconds, then return to the starting position and repeat.

  
  

5. Mountain Pose

This posture improves alignment, strengthens the legs, and enhances blood circulation. It helps balance the body and mind, which in turn supports better blood-sugar control.

How to do it:

• Stand straight, feet together, arms relaxed at your sides.

• Inhale, raise both arms overhead with palms facing each other.

• Stretch your entire body upward and optionally rise onto your toes if comfortable.

• Hold for a few breaths, then gradually lower your arms and heels down.

Using Bubble Smart Reader after your yoga routine ensures accurate tracking of how physical activity affects your glucose levels. Through NightScout, caregivers can receive instant alerts if readings fall outside the safe range — offering both safety and peace of mind.