5/19/2023 0 Comments Evening yoga sequence![]() Place your right knee behind your right wrist, and bring your right shin parallel to the front of the mat, left ankle toward your left wrist. Start in a downward-facing dog briefly for transition. Sleeping swan is a familiar posture to many, known as pigeon in traditional yoga practices. ![]() Hold and breathe here for three to five minutes. You can allow the head to hang or place a block or bolster underneath the forehead for support. Unlike a typical Vinyasa practice, don't worry about keeping a long and engaged spine. Take a deep inhale and elongate your spine, then exhale and fold over your legs, allowing the spine to round and head to be heavy. Keep your feet slightly further away from your body than you typically may in this posture, creating a diamond shape. Hold for five minutes, focusing on cultivating a deep diaphragmatic breath, softening with every exhale.Ĭome to a seated position and bring the soles of your feet together, and allow your knees to fall out wide. Place one of your cheeks on the bolster and allow your body to be heavy. Allow your chest to rest on the bolster, and either extend your arms out long in front of you or behind you at your sides, keeping a gentle bend in the elbows. Spread your knees out to a comfortable width, and sit back onto your heels. ![]() Place your bolster vertically in the center of your mat. You can use a book and pillow or rolled blanket if you don't. If you have a bolster and block, please keep them handy for this practice. Enjoy this evening Yin practice when you feel like you need a dose of relaxation before bed. This style of yoga helps to soothe the nervous system and ground excess mental energy so that we can sleep better, longer, and deeper. Yin yoga specifically is a deeply grounding and soothing style of yoga involving long static holds that are deeply breath-focused. Certain practices like pranayama, yoga, and meditation can all assist in giving us the night of sleep we all need and deserve.Ĭalm the mind with guided meditations and personalized practices, available now in the Chopra App. Taking the time to properly ground and intentionally transition from your day into the evening can help calm the mind and prepare the body for sleep. Unfortunately, it can feel difficult for many of us to turn off the mind's chatter and release the stress of our days enough to get a good night of rest. A good night's sleep can make all of the difference in our emotional well-being, energy, and how we show up for the day.
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