How often have you woken up after a poor night’s sleep, only to feel your head pounding from eye socket to ear? Perhaps you only get pain on one side of your head, or your headaches seem to come on later in the day, slowly growing in intensity.

There are a few things you can do to take the sting out of the pain: rehydrate, take a screen break, get a breath of fresh air. I like to pinch my eyebrows to remind myself that I’m not trapped in a migraine. And then, of course, there are drugs like paracetamol and ibuprofen. But those other measures don’t work for you and you don’t want to get into a habit of taking painkillers, then yoga might also offer some heady relief.

Yoga for headaches: 7 stretches for calming a pounding head