Hello,
Hello,
And welcome to Yin Yoga with me,
Kumari Skye.
I'm so excited to bring you this grounding and restoring practice.
I'll see you in the video.
Here,
Let's start our opening meditation.
So you can find a comfortable seated position.
You could lay down or sit in a chair.
As you're ready,
Close down your eyes.
And just feeling your body.
Feeling yourself as you are right here,
Right now.
And snow to sing.
Noticing the sounds around you.
Noticing the feel of your body on whatever you're sitting on.
Notice the flow of your breath.
Let's take a few deep breaths in.
In through the nose.
Out to the mouth.
You might even choose to allow a little sound to come out on the exhale.
Breathe in.
Again.
Nice and centered.
Let's keep this inward vision throughout our time together.
Start moving your head and neck.
Just let this be organic.
You may like to stretch your arms.
Maybe taking a little twist.
And let's go ahead and stretch out legs now.
Let us take child's pose to start.
You definitely could do child's pose without a bolster or props.
But it can be really nice to use the props as well.
So just be creative.
The whole point of the props is to help the body relax.
Really,
When we're talking about yin yoga,
We're talking about releasing,
Nourishing and hydrating our connective tissues.
So our fascia,
Our tendons,
Our ligaments,
Even our bones are being targeted in this process.
Practice.
And so when our muscles are relaxed,
When we're not moving,
This is where we can really create some benefit.
Again,
However you want to do it.
You're going to stay for four minutes.
Nice.
And know that it's totally fine to keep adjusting throughout the whole time.
We don't want to move too much.
But just keep yourself in a place where you're feeling sensation.
Where you're feeling supported and relaxed.
So you'll keep staying in the pose.
I'm sitting up because my mic gets a little too squishy when I'm down.
And I'll let you know when we're halfway through in case you want to turn your head.
If you'd like to turn your head to the other side,
If you had it have it turn one way.
Can you start to really tune into How gravity.
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Is having its way with your body.
Feel yourself as heavy.
Healing yourself.
Letting go more and more with every exhale.
Yoga really can be like an unburdening.
And you can just let it all go.
Let's take a cleansing breath together.
Inhale through your nose.
And sigh it out.
Let's put our hands,
Palms on the floor if they aren't already.
Even though you may not be directly on the earth we are still on the earth grounding.
I'm just feeling into the stability here.
As if your hands were literally touching the earth.
Good.
And then as you're ready,
Start to push yourself up.
Maybe start to stretch out your legs.
You could do a downward dog.
Okay next we're going to do a supported bridge.
So now we're going to be opening the front side of the body.
Lots of ways you could set up for this.
What I'm going to use is a block.
So you can check that out.
You could do a block blanket combo.
You could also be on the bolster or you could fold up a blanket real firmly and make kind of a simulated block.
I'm so happy that I get to be here and do this.
With everyone.
Peace.
Okay.
So you're going to want this right under your sacrum.
Oops,
I forgot I had a clip in.
Okay,
So as you can see.
Some people might really like to extend the legs out.
Bring arms overhead.
I think I'm one of those people tonight.
This feels really good.
Just allow the body to.
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.
Be all spacious in the front Here's a few little tidbits.
So if this feels pinchy or something,
It's too intense,
You can slide something under your feet.
Okay,
So you lift your feet up a little bit,
That usually helps.
Or you can do one leg at a time.
Or you can just hang out like that.
So those are some little tips for you.
Finding a way that He couldn't let go here.
Again.
And our focus on our breathing.
Really contributes to opening and spaciousness.
If you'd like to join me,
I'm going to take a few diaphragmatic breaths here.
So inhale ballooning out the belly.
And exhales,
Let it all sink back in towards the spine.
Keep going with those.
About 30 more seconds with this one.
Now if your legs are so long bend your knees I'd like to do a few windshield wipers.
And then as you're ready,
Lifting your hips and just coming back down to the earth.
Feel a sense of grounding through your sacrum and hips.
We might feel light and heavy here at the same time.
Go ahead and take your knees up towards your chest,
Do some rocks.
Massaging out.
Let's take a happy baby.
So just doing this as a counter pause,
Not a yin pause.
So it would feel really good after all of that.
Of course,
You can be grabbing behind your legs.
All right next up we have sleeping swan.
You know the ones.
It's like half pigeon.
Some of the names are different in yin yoga in case you didn't realize that.
Or know that.
Okay,
So this is the one.
Here,
Let me give you this view.
Just in case there's some faulks on here.
I've never really done this Okay,
So that's that's what it looks like And then you also could snuggle something,
Whatever leg you put in front,
You can put something under those,
That side of glutes.
And then it also can be really nice to have your bolster or some blankets to land on.
So I'm gonna take mine over here.
So for this one,
We're meant to feel a nice big stretch over in the glutes,
The thigh,
Hip.
Hey,
You might be feeling something along your front leg as well.
I always wish that I could.
Turn the camera so you could see Milo the cute cat He's like wedged in the couch area,
Just hanging out,
Cleaning himself,
Licking his little arms.
I guess you didn't want to be on camera tonight.
Okay it just keeps sinking in and this is one where it's good to watch making sure you're not entering any any areas of like too much or pain And the biggest indicator is if our breath changes.
Really the whole time we just want to have a very relaxed breath.
Staying tuned in to what's happening within.
It's easy for the mind to wander during yin yoga,
That's for sure.
I really value yin yoga as a practice of presence.
An opportunity to stay in the moment.
And often those thoughts are about the past or the future.
Okay,
We're going to start our journey out.
It could feel good to just kind of arch back a little bit here.
I'm just going to roll to my side and do some windshield wipers.
People love doing like downward dog after it.
Hmm.
Let's get into the other side.
Four minutes on this side as well.
Always looking for that way that we can just relax even more.
Really tuning into the sensation area.
Take note of the level of sensation you're experiencing.
It doesn't feel sustainable for another couple minutes.
No doubt you've heard that saying motion is lotion So this also qualifies even though we're not in like a repetitive motion or a cyclical motion.
We are still causing energy and motion within our tissues.
This is always overall just going to be a balm for your body's well-being.
You got one more minute.
Awesome.
Let us start to press up and away if you liked the feeling of that.
Upward position.
I'm gonna do some more windshield wipers.
Sweet.
Okay.
Next up,
We're going to do a little twist to each side and then into relaxation.
Where I'm going to give you a little sound bath with a chime.
Hugging your legs,
Maybe a little rock again.
Left leg over right.
And then drop your legs over and reach out your arms.
This isn't going to be a long hold,
Just 30 seconds.
And now untangle your legs.
Let's do some windshield wipers.
And now taking your left or right leg over the left.
And dropping them over to the left.
Sweet,
Come back to center.
Just notice if there's anything else your body is craving right now.
Or if you are ready to go into Shavasana.
That is what's next.
Hmm.
We'll be here for a couple minutes.
Now that you're settled in.
We'll take a cleansing breath.
Just letting it all go now.
Returning to stillness.
With no stretches.
You Now coming back to your breath.
Here,
Feel yourself take in a deeper breath.
Feeling your body ground.
When your mind calms and clear.
Deep breath in.
Signing out.
Moving finger.
Moving toes.
Maybe nodding the head.
And of course,
If you keep staying right where you are,
Or if you'd like to join me in closing our session.
Come back up to a seat.
I've got a 50.
Let's bring the hands together in front of the heart.
I hope you feel amazing after this short and sweet little practice.
Sometimes it's nice to just carve out a little time to do a couple poses.
So thank you for being here.
Wishing everyone all the very best.
May we offer each other the greeting of Namaste.
Namaste.
Hmm.
