Lying on your back with feet hip width apart and parallel, reach your fingers tips towards your heels and make sure you can just barely touch your heels (that way we know the heels are directly below knees). Let your buttocks sink towards the floor and lengthen your torso, bring your palms into prayer, press elbows into knees deepening your squat.Ĭlose your eyes and stay for 3-6 breaths.īring your palms behind you and lower buttocks to the floor to release slowly. Step feet outside of palms, keeping fingertips on the ground and bend your knees and wiggle down into a squat, working towards keeping your heels on the ground but if too difficult you can be on your toes. You can keep a gentle bend in your knees and peddle out your feet to stretch through your legs.įrom Downward Facing Dog, step your right foot in-between your palms, come up on your finger tips and as you inhale lift your chest and head gaze forward.Īs you exhale straighten both legs as much as you can, relax torso and continue to flow using your breath to guide the pace of your movements.Ĭomplete as many rounds as you like until you start to feel open (around 5 – 10). Come to connect with your breath and body.īegin on all fours with palms directly below shoulders and knees directly below hips.Īs you exhale round your spine, tuck your tummy, relax head and neck and inhale to lift your tailbone, chest and head.Ĭontinue to flow rounding and arching your back, using the breath to guide the pace of your movement.įrom all fours bring your palms slightly in front of your shoulders then lift up and press the weight of your body into your heels. Relax your whole body, allow yourself to gradually awaken, begin to bring your awareness onto your breath, drop into your body leaving whatever night you had behind you and not allowing yourself to think about the day ahead. Here’s an energising simple yoga flow that’s perfect to start your day: Yoga is not only a great way to unwind at the end of the day, but it’s a brilliant way to kick it off, leaving you feeling grounded, revitalised and ready for everything. Sure, it’s great fun to get super creative with our flows and to try new things, but sometimes we just need to come back to basics, to come “home” to ourselves and reconnect with the beauty of simplicity.
Simplicity is the way to go in pretty much most aspects of life, and my approach to yoga is no different.
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