June 9, 2020
Hello Yoga Friends,
This week’s online yoga resourcing and support is all about summer yoga! Ok, so it’s not officially summer yet but it is getting warmer and with that in mind, let’s take a look at yoga practice for the warmer season and with some beautiful outdoor backdrops!
1.Take your seat: Celebrating Summer: Get ready for Outdoor Meditations:
Enjoy this 6 minute introduction to outdoor meditation on your porch, balcony or your own backyard! This Presence-strengthening practice also includes some tips for working with distracting sounds and sensations. Find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYprVkBU-bE
2. Warm up: Oceanside!
Enjoy this sweet 4 minute yoga warm up for the upper body, complete with ocean view! Find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhuLQKV6nuA
3. Breath focus: Sitali Cooling Breath (or Taco Breath!):
Let Adriene guide you into a cooling breath practice in this fun 11 minute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXai5Wvcg1M. Notice also the seated hero pose option, but please feel free to sit in any comfortable position.
4. Foundations: Camel Pose Summer Yoga:
Here’s a well explained camel pose, demonstrated on a deck with a view. Feel free to stay long and upright and not worry about reaching for your feet. Find this 2 minute video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYQgJh3qAw4.
5. Summer Yoga Health tip from yoga’s sister science of ayurveda medicine: 7 Ayurveda Tips to Keep You Cool This Summer:
This short article is packed with tips for nutrition, a breath practice, how to make your own cooling mist spray and more! Find it here: https://chopra.com/articles/7-ayurveda-tips-to-keep-you-cool-this-summer
6. Guided yoga class:Summer Yoga: 20 Poses for the Heart and Small Intestine Meridians:
Enjoy this 9 minute class that takes you through therapeutic stretches according to the meridians (energy channels) most active during summer. Please modify the up-dog pose to a cat-cow or gentle baby cobra pose as desired. Also feel free to pause the video to slow down the practice and savor each stretch or pose more fully. Find this informative sequence here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Log5v4PMMQ&t=184s
7. Intention:
What intention or focus would you like to take with you into the rest of your day or evening? What focus or just one word will support you at this time? Given that joy is one of the emotions associated with summer in the meridian model, I’m going to keep calling myself to notice all the little joyful things that are so easily taken for granted.
8. Namaste:
And finally, let us take a compassionate bow to each other, and to each one on the planet. Namaste: the divine light of consciousness in me honors the divine light of consciousness in you.
Thank you for tuning in to this yoga moment, blessings to you and your loved ones, and enjoy your summer!
Heather Harmony
