30 minurte Practice

 by lucy

Long legs, long spine, balanced breath

If you want to let your legs feel refreshed and your spine to feel released give this yoga session a try.
Stretching and lengthening your hamstrings allows this Yoga practice to bring energy to the back and thighs. Afterwards you will have a sense of walking taller with more ease of movement.
Let your breath flow easily and allow your body to breathe slowly and evenly.
This is a perfect practice as the antidote to our faster paced lives. Let your body tell you it’s needs, observe and listen deeply.

Enjoy

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 by lucy

Beach Bharadvajasana

Yoga twists are such a great way to lengthen and strengthen the paraspinal muscles, rejuvenate the organs as they become squeezed and released, and bring more energy into the body.
B.K.S. Iyengar describes twists as a “squeeze-and-soak” action.
Bharadvajasana is a favourite of mine.
Lets twist again,
like we did last summer,
with a care and consideration.
Enjoy

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Simple Yoga poses using a chair

A ‘Yoga chair’ (a metal framed on like in my video) is helpful but not necessary for this practice. Learn how to use the chair to support yoga poses, whether that is because you are dealing with fatigue or you want to explore poses a little longer to improve your technique.

I used to think that props got in the way of a ‘real’ Yogasana practice but, as my practice has deepened, they have become essential tools. Allowing each posture to become (in the words of BKS Iyengar) “Meditation in action”.

I hope by the end of this half hour yoga practice you may feel the same way.

Enjoy!
Love and light,
Lucy

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Release your breath and relax your tummy

Learning to move with a relaxed abdomen can allow our bodies to access deeper release.
It is so important to undo the undercurrents of tension that lie below our asana practice.
These elusive patterns hide away un-noticed as we can sometimes try harder and harder to get the posture “correct”.
Let go a little, feel the holding patterns that may no longer serve you, then maybe you can allow your self to rest well within.
I hope this practice helps a little.

Listen deeply, stay peaceful, enjoy.

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