10-Minute Morning Yoga Routine
1. Deep Breathing (1 minute) CLICK HERE
Sit cross-legged or in a comfortable seated position.
Close your eyes and take deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth.
Focus on filling your lungs completely and exhaling fully.
Set an intention for your day.
2. Cat-Cow Stretch (2 minutes) CLICK HERE
Come to a tabletop position (on your hands and knees).
Cow Pose: Inhale, arch your back, drop your belly, and lift your head and tailbone.
Cat Pose: Exhale, round your spine, tuck your chin to your chest, and draw your belly in.
Repeat for 5-6 breaths, moving with your breath.
3. Downward-Facing Dog (1 minute)
From tabletop, tuck your toes, lift your hips, and straighten your legs to form an inverted V shape.
Press your hands into the mat and lengthen your spine.
Pedal your feet to stretch your calves (optional).
Hold for 5-6 breaths.
4. Forward Fold (1 minute)
From Downward Dog, step your feet forward to meet your hands.
Bend your knees slightly and let your head hang heavy.
Relax your neck and sway gently side to side to release tension in your lower back.
5. Halfway Lift (30 seconds) CLICK HERE
Place your hands on your shins and lift your torso halfway, keeping your back flat.
Inhale, lengthen your spine; exhale, fold forward again.
Repeat 2-3 times.
6. Mountain Pose to Upward Salute (1 minute)
Roll up to standing, reaching your arms overhead in Upward Salute.
Bring your palms together and take a deep breath.
Lower your arms back to your sides in Mountain Pose.
Repeat 2-3 times.
7. Sun Salutation (2 minutes) CLICK HERE
Flow through a simple Sun Salutation:
Mountain Pose: Stand tall.
Upward Salute: Reach arms overhead.
Forward Fold: Hinge at your hips and fold forward.
Halfway Lift: Lengthen your spine.
Plank Pose: Step back into a high plank.
Knees-Chest-Chin: Lower down with control.
Cobra Pose: Lift your chest, keeping elbows slightly bent.
Downward Dog: Lift your hips.
Step or jump forward to Forward Fold.
Roll up to Mountain Pose.
Repeat 2-3 times.
8. Warrior I (1 minute per side)
9. Child’s Pose (Balasana) (1-2 minutes)
Kneel on the mat, sit back on your heels, and stretch your arms forward.
Rest your forehead on the mat and breathe deeply.
Allow your body to relax completely.
10. Sun Salutation A (Surya Namaskar A) (3 rounds)
Mountain Pose (Tadasana): Stand tall, feet together, hands at heart center.
Upward Salute (Urdhva Hastasana): Inhale, reach arms overhead.
Forward Fold (Uttanasana): Exhale, hinge at hips, fold forward.
Halfway Lift (Ardha Uttanasana): Inhale, lengthen your spine, hands on shins.
Plank Pose: Exhale, step back into a high plank.
Chaturanga Dandasana: Lower halfway down, elbows close to ribs.
Upward-Facing Dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana): Inhale, press into hands, lift chest.
Downward-Facing Dog: Exhale, lift hips back.
Step or jump feet to hands, then rise back to Mountain Pose.
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