Yoga profile Stress Graph

I believe what you are describing is considered By Design of your watch based on an a tracking case I found regarding stress in a Yoga activity. When it comes to the Yoga profile specifically, if you are too active to determine stress level (such as during a workout), a stress level will not be recorded.

If I am missing the mark on what you are describing, please highlight my name and send me a Private Message. Thank you!

7714909 said:

And it's not supposed to be with Yoga.

Why? Not all yoga is about lying on your back resting. The yoga classes I go to frequently leave me feeling 'wrung out' albeit better for it. Yoga is an activity and I'd expect it to be noted as an activity. This is my stress graph from Thursday. from my Epix Gen 2. Is this wrong because

7714909 said:

This is correct on all other watches I know of released after October 2019,

You're proving my point, actually. Your watch did not mark the graph as active during yoga in the main stress graph unless your stress was more than 100.

Then perhaps I do not understand your point. The image I posted is the main stress graph from GCInterweb. The icon denotes an activity (which by default would suggest being active), in this case Yoga. Perhaps an image of what you're referring to might help me understand.

7714909 said:

But yoga is the one activity that's not supposed to be marked as active by default.

Where did you get this information anyway? As noted

Garmin - Chris said:

if you are too active to determine stress level (such as during a workout), a stress level will not be recorded.

which in this case suggest while I was active during the Yoga session I was not too active that stress could not be estimated.

Here's how Instinct 2s (and all users of Instinct 2 series I've discussed this with) deals with Yoga. This was a 1h 12m activity, today.

Dr Phil said:

7714909 said:

But yoga is the one activity that's not supposed to be marked as active by default.

Where did you get this information anyway? As noted

Garmin - Chris said:

if you are too active to determine stress level (such as during a workout), a stress level will not be recorded.

which in this case suggest while I was active during the Yoga session I was not too active that stress could not be estimated.

I think the OP complains about the all-day Stress graph missing the data during the Yoga activity, while the Yoga activity having the stress graph available for the entire time of the Yoga activity. That's indeed the case.

For me personally not an issue, because I can always check the activity Stress Graph, but I understand that some people find it strange that Garmin claims the Stress data cannot be measured during an activity, despite showing the stress the entire time inside the activity.

Exactly. If you use Yoga to get HR alerts, so a bit non-standard, you may have it on for long stretches of time. I know people who do that. And at that point not only is stress data missing, the stress score at the end of the day will be skewed to the point of not being usable. This particular watch would be perfect for many, if this was fixed.

I love the screen on my Instinct 2s. Best Garmin I ever had in that respect. But the yoga bug is a deal breaker. I would not have bought it had I known. And having to prove how it should be is rather peculiar and not what I expect from Garmin. But with that bug fixed, I would buy a new I2s if my current one got lost.

7714909 said:

If you use Yoga to get HR alerts, so a bit non-standard, you may have it on for long stretches of time. I know people who do that. And at that point not only is stress data missing, the stress score at the end of the day will be skewed to the point of not being usable. This particular watch would be perfect for many, if this was fixed.

First of all there is no direct relation between HR alerts and Stress. The HR alerts are based on the heart rate, while stress is based on Heart Rate Variability (HRV). The alerts work regardless whether Stress / HRV can be measured, and regardless whether it is being recorded or not. And regardless whether you record a Yoga activity or not.

Then, Stress data during a Yoga session is not missing. It is on the Stress graph on the page with activity details. It is only missing on the all-day graph of the Daily . Summary. However, if you want to check it, you can still look at the graph on the activity page.

And finally, the stress score is not really being skewed. Stress that is not being measured, is not included in the totals, so it does not influence the data measured out of the activity.

The stress score is being skewed when a good portion of it is not being counted, because what should be there is marked grey underneath. It doesn't help if the data is collected inside the yoga activity, if you want to see what your stress score per 24 hours is and compare over time.

This is a deal breaker.