Gentle Yoga For Overwhelm | 5 Minutes

This gentle 5-minute yoga practice is designed to help you slow down, release tension, and reconnect with your body.

In this short floor-based sequence, we move through a lying hamstring stretch, glute stretch, and gentle twist to release the hips, lower back, and back of the legs.

This practice is perfect if you are feeling overwhelmed, tense, or simply need a moment to pause and soften.

This yoga sequence invites you to slow down, breathe deeply, and allow the body to gently open without force.

Move slowly, listen to your body, and never push into pain.

This is your time to rest, reset, and come back to yourself, a space to slow down… soften… and rest in this moment of stillness.

Transcript

Welcome to this yoga practice for overwhelming deep breaths. Draw the right leg up toward the ceiling and taking hold of the back of the leg. Always going at a pace that works for you. Releasing the foot back down to the floor. Left side. Draw the knee in toward the chest and lengthen the leg up toward the sky and if it feels supportive you might silently repeat it is safe for me to slow down. It is safe for me to slow down. Draw the leg back down toward the floor. Then guide your hips up toward the ceiling. Bridge pose. I can take this moment for myself. I can take this moment for myself. Slowly guide the hips back down toward the floor. Taking the right foot above the left knee and drawing the left knee in toward the chest for a glute stretch. Hands behind the leg you've just lifted off the floor. I deserve rest. I deserve rest. Release the foot back down to the floor. Changing legs. Left foot above the right knee. Draw the right knee in toward the chest. Hands behind the back of the right leg. I can go gently one breath at a time. I can go gently one breath at a time. Now releasing the foot back down to the floor. Drill the feet together and bring your knees in toward the chest. Extend your arms out wide and allow the legs to drop to the left. Let the feet drop down to the floor. Now if you struggle here, Dropping the feet down, Come back onto the back of the body. Feet to the floor and then drop your knees to the side. This will decrease the stretch for you. Breathing and releasing any tension from the jaw. Allowing the body to be held by the earth beneath you. Draw the knees back in toward the chest and across the other side. Remember if you want that easier option, Start with the feet on the floor and then the knees to the side. If you wish, Repeat. Breathing in, I am here. Breathing out, I soften. Now drawing the legs back to centre. Hands dropping back down to the mat where we began. Let's close here with a chant. Dukhinu Bhavantu May all of the beings in the worlds be happy. Peace and joy, Love and light. One heart, One love. Om Shanti Shanti Shantihi. Peace, Peace, Peace be unto all.