🌸 Health Benefits of Yoga: Day 6 🌸

Day 6 of the yoga journey!

We focused on strength today 💪🏼

We started with 3-part breathing as in every session.

I learned a new type of breathing called Breath of Fire

How to do it…

Kneel, spine straight, shoulders and head aligned

Inhale lungs 3/4 capacity

Pause

Exhale sharply and short through the nose by contracting the belly

Then…

Inhale fully for a count of 8, tuck your chin

Hold inhale for 4

Release everything slowly

*it is advised not to do this while pregnant or on your period*

This breathing makes you feel very hot and energized inside. It creates heat in the body.

Poses Learned 💫

Dolphin Pose 

How to do it…

Start in table (all fours), hands spread out on the mat, forearms on ground, elbows in line with shoulders, forearmed and fingertips press into ground, tuck toes

Send hips up, tailbone towards sky, open up collarbones, energetically push mat away from you

*similar to downward dog*

Warrior 1 💪🏼

This needs lots of practice to gain the muscle to do it easily and better.

How to do it…

Prepare for Lunge, feet are like train tracks

Back foot at a 45 degree angle, press into outside edge of foot

Hips aligned, facing forward, shoulders back, spine is long, pelvis neutral (tailbone not pointing out or in)

Head above shoulders reaching up, bring arms up and active

Warrior 2 💪🏼

I like this warrior better than the first one 😉

How to do it…

Prepare for Lunge

Pivot back foot, bring heel down so it is perpendicular to front foot, heels in line

Come up, rock hips from side to side to find their center

Bend knee forward forwards toes, lengthen spine

Extend arms, reach with fingertips, open up collarbones

Look above your middle finger of the forward hand

Chatturanga

Like warriors, it needs a lot of practice to get into it easier.

How to do it…

Start in plank, legs active, core active, press into space in between shoulder blades

Rock forward onto toes, lower down in one straight line until elbows are at 90 degrees

Open up collar bones, tuck elbows to body

I love yoga so much. This journey is going so well. I hope these posts have been as beneficial to you as they have been to me 😊💕

I’ve noticed I have better posture, breathing and relaxation every since I started yoga. It’s so amazing 💫✨

We need the session with mediation, which is always very relaxing. Remember, it’s not about thinking about nothing during mediation, it is about being in tune with yourself and not letting any thoughts that come to mind affect you. 💞

Love always,

Annabel xoxo