If you are dealing with some anxiety and stress, one of the best things you can do is to get on your mat. Moving through some poses and focusing on your breathing (instead of what's troubling you) will help you de-stress.
Roll out your mat and try these 6 poses to detox before taking on the rest of your day. Perhaps you will find some answers while you are working through them. Or maybe you will find the patience to persist. Whatever it is, these poses will help to calm down the nervous system.
1. Toe Squat - Start kneeling. Curl the toes underneath. Let your hips rest back on the heels. Move the baby toes out of the way if need be. Untuck the toes if you find this too much. As you inhale open the arms up in cactus shape, squeezing the shoulder blades back behind you. As you exhale round and contract the spine, bringing the elbows together. Repeat for 5-10 rounds of breath.
2. Forward Fold - Come to stand at the top of your mat, with feet about hip width apart. Bend the knees and fold down over the legs. Letting go of the tension in the back and the neck. Relax the head down towards the ground. Clasp hold of opposite elbows. Maybe adding in a gentle sway side to side here. After 5-10 breaths, release the fingers down towards the ground. Bend deep in to the knees, push into the heels and roll up to standing.
3. Chair Pose with Lion's Breath - Bring the big toes together and heels apart. Bend your knees and sink the hips down into Chair Pose. Lift the arms up, rolling the shoulders back and turning the palms in. Start to move while doing lion's breath. Inhale through the nose in chair. Exhale out, opening the mouth, sticking out the tongue, and making it audible. While exhaling, hinge forward over the legs and sweep the arms down and back. Repeat for 5-10 breaths.
4. Easy Twist - Exhale to fold down, plant the palms and then step the right foot back. Bend into the left knee, sinking the hips down and forward. Keep the right hand grounded down inside of the left foot. Then reach the left hand up towards the sky. Opening the chest to the left side and stacking shoulders one on top of the other. Possibly look up to the top hand if it feels good in the neck.
5. Side Plank - Stay in Easy Twist for a few more breaths. Or step the left foot back. Stack the ankles. Push into the feet and the right palm to lift the hips higher.
Take a flow or step up to the front of mat, then repeat 4 and 5 on the other side.
6. Dragon's Pose - Start in downward dog, kicking the right leg up to the sky then step it through between the hands at the top of the mat. Drop the back knee to the floor. Stay here, or lift the right toes off the floor, roll to the outer edge of the right foot. Opening the knee to the right side at the same angle. Stay up on the palms, or come down to the forearms. Relax as much as possible while holding here, continuing to melt the hips down.
Want more of these 10 minute morning yoga practices? Want to commit to 30 days in a row? Join the Morning Movement Challenge here!
These 6 poses come from day 13 of the Morning Yoga Challenge. Practice with me in the video below.
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Destress and Detox on Your Mat This Morning
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