I used to think productivity was a caffeine problem waiting to be solved. Then I unrolled a yoga mat.

What began as a five‑minute stretch between commits turned into a non‑negotiable ritual. Breathwork taught me to debug with patience. Balancing poses rewired my posture at the keyboard. Even the simple act of pausing before a deploy mirrored the quiet at the top of a sun salutation.

The impact on my codebase was tangible. Fewer frantic patches, more deliberate architecture. Colleagues noticed the shift too—“zen mode” went from editor setting to office nickname.

Yoga didn’t change JavaScript’s quirks, but it changed my relationship to them. In the space between inhale and exhale, pull requests feel a lot less daunting.