Yoga for Energy
When you think of yoga, do you think of a physical workout? Or do you picture more passive, gentle, stretching? Well, it can be both! The Yoga Sutras describe yoga as the balancing place between ease and unease, and it can absolutely be both sides of this spectrum. Try this sequence for a quick energy boost first thing in the morning. Take your time, and embrace the wobbles, it happens to the best of us!
YOGA FOR ENERGY FLOW:
DOWNWARD DOG
LOW LUNGE
TWIST
HIGH LUNGE
TWIST
WARRIOR 2
REVERSE
LOW LUNGE
WARRIOR 3
CHAIR
OTHER SIDE 😊
Start the sequence in a downward-facing dog, taking some time to settle into the pose. Inhale and bring your right leg high, exhale to bring it between your hands. Drop your left knee. Inhale to reach your arms overhead, coming into a low lunge. When you feel steady, sink lower into your hips to open and stretch your left hip flexor. Exhale to release your left hand to the mat, reaching your right to the sky for a twist. Come back to center, extending your hands high. Tuck your left toes and lift your left knee to come into a high lunge. Establish balance, reach high, and take a few deep breaths. Keep your left knee engaged, and your right leg at 90 degrees. Exhale and release your left hand to the mat for a twist. Come back to center, arms overhead. Drop your left heel to the mat to come into Warrior 1, hips square and straight to the front of your mat, arms extended overhead, keeping your gaze soft. Opening to Warrior 2, extending your arms from the front of your mat to the back, and opening your hips to the left. Reverse your Warrior. Come back into your high lunge, and press yourself forward onto your right leg, keeping the bend in the knee, extending and pressing your left heel to the back of the room. You can keep your hands in a prayer position or extend them, coming into Warrior 3. Embrace the shake and the balance here for at least 3 breaths. Slowly and with control come to standing, with an optional balance in between. As you bring your left foot to the mat, bend your right knee, and come into chair pose. Sink lower in your chair, hips neutral, for 3 breaths. Release. Now the other side! Once complete, rest on your mat.
