Gentle Morning Yin Yoga

Gently stretch, soften and say hello to your soul with 30 minutes of Morning Yin Yoga. Move slowly, breathe deeply, and let your body wake up in its own sweet time. A little morning magic to shake off sleep, invite in good energy, and greet the day with an open heart and a sprinkle of wonder.

Transcript

Good morning friends. My name is Anna. Welcome to Gentle Morning Yin Yoga. All you'll need for this session is a blanket. A yoga blanket if you have one. And two yoga blocks if available. If not, You can improvise with some cushions or pillows and pillows, I should say. When you're ready, Please join me in simple cross legs. We'll just sit to ground ourselves. With a few. Soft, Long, Full breath cycles. When you're ready, Flutter your eyelids shut. Release your shoulders away from your ears, Palms facing up on your knees. And now slowly, Slowly, Deeply into your ribs. On exhale, Let everything go as you begin this new day. Take long, Full, Slow cycles of breath at your own pace. Even though we've just begun the day. There's no rush. This time is just for you. On your next exhalation, Slowly flutter your eyelids open. We'll take some hip rotations. So with your palms behind you for support, Knees to 90 and 180. Gently lifting your front knee up. With your back knee to follow, Rotate your hips. Do this at your own pace. But I would suggest as slowly and as relaxed as possible. With one more to either side. Join me in hands and knees. Tabletop position palms under shoulders, Knees under hips. We'll take some gentle hip rotations. Clockwise and anti-clockwise. Feel your spine move. Between your shoulder blades. And release any tension from your hips. And rotate the other way if you haven't already. Come back to neutral spine, Tabletop. Knees hip width apart Those tucked under will take a soft downward dog. Feel a gorgeous stretch in your hamstrings and between your shoulder blades. When you're ready, Come down to the tabletop. We'll take three cat-cows. When you're ready, Drop your pelvis. Tummy towards the ground. Roll your shoulders up forward and back. Tilt your chin and sternum up. Inhale slowly, Fully, Deeply. As you exhale release tuck your chin in All right, Cheer, Bye. Or we'll stretch across your shoulder blade. Let you release and repeat at your own pace. When you're ready, Come to neutral spine tabletop. If it's okay, You can sit back on your heels. If that's not comfortable, You can just sit in cross legs. You can stay facing as you are. I'll face you so you can see. I'm going to do some gentle neck stretch. With one palm on your opposite side of your head. Release both shoulders back and down and just gently Let your head tilt to the side. You're not forcing obviously with your palms. Your palms just there for some gentle weight. We'll stay here for a few breaths. And slowly release. Okay, The other side. Palm up, Side of your head. Gently tilt. Release your shoulders back and down away from your ears. Seek their head high and deep. Of the side. And lay pressure in your palm. It's just nice and relaxed on the side of your head. You can let your fingertips curl if you like. Relax the exhalation and slowly release. We'll take Malasana. So, If you're okay, Which is a squat, Like so and if you're okay with your heels on the ground that's amazing. I'm going to take a block and I'll show you what I'm doing. Say side on. Third of the way down your heel. To be on the edge of the block. Shake it sideways. Rest your elbows on your inner knees. You can slowly push your knees out with your elbows so you feel a nice stretch on your inner thighs. Try not to hang down, Sag down like so. Lift your spine up, You can roll your shoulders back and down to hug your spine. We'll take about five full cycles of breath here. When you're ready, Palms in front of you for support. Jenny Ray. You can join me on your tummy. Light and flat. Thank you. Can use your palms for support or. I'll take a blanket, Actually. For the forehead. Just let your palms rest in front of you, Toes can point in. Breathe fully into your back ribs. As you exhale, Let everything go. We'll take Sphinx, So on your next inhale, Point your toes straight back, Come onto the tops of your thighs. Palms under your shoulders. Gently. You're ready. You can release your palms forward so your elbows come under your shoulders. Feel a gentle compression in your lower back. Once you exhale, Release your shoulder blades down away from your neck. We'll stay for five more full cycles of breath. Your next exhalation. Slowly release your forehead down. Bring your palms in front of you. You can bend your feet up. And slowly sway from side to side in a very soft, Slow, Gentle movement. Come back to neutral. Release your feet down. Calm from their shoulders. Come up to tabletop. We'll lie on our back. Soar A thicker 4. Palms by your side. Place your right ankle across your top left thigh, Just under your knee. If you like, You can slowly push your thigh away. Then out through your right heel. Right toes towards the ceiling. If you like, You can draw your knees in. And hold the back of your left thigh. Relaxed exhalation and slowly release. At the side of your feet, Find the floor. And we'll change to the next side. Ankle and first die just where it meets your knee. And slowly Extend your thigh away. The heel of your bent, Sorry, Of the ankle that's over your knee. Extend your heel out. Relax your foot. Clothes pointed towards the ceiling. If you'd like to, Bring your thigh in and hold back, Interlacing your fingers. Bring your shoulders away from your ears. In the next exhalation, Release your fingers, Solve the feet to the ground. Keep your back settled for a moment. Inhale slowly, Fully, Deeply into your side ribs and as you exhale, You can bring your knees into your chest. Thread your arms through, Hold the sides of your feet. You can gently rock from side to side. Come back to neutral spine. Wrap both fingertips around your right knee. Expand your left foot away. Walk your knee into your chest, Relax your shoulders. Now you can rotate your ankle of your bent knee clockwise. And then on tick-tock-wise at your own pace. Leave the tail of your foot to floor. Plug your left knee into your chest, Extend your right heel away. And rotate your ankle again clockwise and anticlockwise. All at your own pace Then release both soles to the ground. Let your spine rest. Heavy on the ground. Work your knees into your chest, Gently roll to the side. Hold. With Joni set up. You can put on a support. We'll do some soft twists. And cross leg. Bring your palms facing up to your knees, Roll your shoulders back and down. That side of your palm. Your outer opposite knee and gently Keep your chin and your sternum in the same direction. Moving your hands where they are You can softly rotate your torso back to centre. Fingertips by your hips for support. Slowly lift your arm up and over. And come down onto your palms. And gently give yourself. The side stretch. And rotate your Chin to lift up under your arm. Keep your shoulders nice and relaxed. On your next exhalation, Softly release. Palms by your side Roll your shoulders up, Back and down. Or change sides. Outer palm, Sorry, Outer back of your hand to your outer knee. Readjust your shoulders back and down. Chin over sternum. Let your spine softly twist. Lift your spine up nice and tall. On your next exhalation. Keeping your hands where they are you can gently move your torso around Lifting your arm up and over, Release your palm by your side waist. Sorry, It's the other one. I'm too relaxed for morning yin. Release you can gently look under your arms Release your shoulders away from your ears. Your next exhalation. Bring your spine to neutral. Palms on your knees to face up. Deep inhalation, Sit your spine up tall. As you exhale, You can leave your palms as they are or bring them to prayer position. With my palms in prayer position, I bow to you. That's all for today. Thank you so much for being here and I hope you have a wonderful day.