🧘♂️🌏 International Yoga Flow
Breathe in, breathe out! Let's stretch our minds and flex our collaboration skills as we reflect on our sprint. Find inner balance by embracing what works, releasing what doesn't, and maintaining our project’s flow.
Template Columns
🌅 Begin New Poses
Identify fresh practices or techniques we should start for a healthier workflow.
Base column: Start🚫 Release the Tension
Share habits, obstacles, or practices we need to let go of for greater harmony.
Base column: Stop🕉️ Maintain the Balance
Highlight current habits and strengths that help our teamwork stay zen and balanced.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
The International Yoga Flow retrospective guides your team through a mindful reflection, helping you embrace new practices, release unhelpful habits, and maintain productive team strengths.
When to use this template
Use this retrospective after sprints where your team needs to restore balance, address stress points, or improve how you collaborate. It’s especially effective when you want to encourage openness and support team wellbeing.
How to facilitate
Introduce the Yoga Flow theme and outline each column’s purpose to set a calm, inclusive tone for the meeting
Invite the team to take a collective deep breath to mark the start and encourage mindful participation
Give participants time to add their thoughts in each column: new practices to start, tensions to release, and positive habits to maintain
Facilitate a group discussion on each column, focusing on emerging themes and shared observations
Encourage participants to suggest actions based on reflections, prioritizing those that promote sustained team harmony and effectiveness
Agree on concrete next steps, assigning owners where appropriate, and conclude with a short group gratitude or appreciation moment
Pro Tips
Kick off with a simple breathing or centering exercise to set focus
Frame discussions using non-judgmental language to promote psychological safety
Allow silent thinking time before group discussion to help everyone reflect meaningfully
Summarize and visualize main patterns so the team can see areas of stress and flow at a glance
FAQ
How do I keep the discussion from turning into a complaint session?
Redirect focus to solution-oriented thinking in each column, and consistently ask how each item can improve the team's balance and effectiveness.
What if participants struggle to think of new practices to start?
Prompt the group by sharing examples or invite team members to reflect on recent challenges where new approaches could help.
How can we make sure actions from this retro are followed up?
Assign clear owners to follow-up actions and review progress as a regular retro check-in item in your next sprint.
At a glance
- Duration
35–50 min
- Team Size
3-10 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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Use this template to run your next retrospective