Yoga For Calming And Centering Into The Heart

This gentle yoga flow is about bringing grounded energy up into the heart. Exploring the breathe through connected, calm and centered asana. This practice teaches you to notice the subtleties of your energy and how it connects with nature using Enchanted Flow.

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Peace, Divine, Beautiful soul. Welcome to this. Calm. Centered. Connected. Heart-focused flow. Back in nature, My favorite place to be. If it was up to me, I would be out by the beach or by some form of water at all times. It brings me so much joy. This calm. Centered, Connected flow. It's all about bringing your lower energy, So the root chakra, The sacral chakra, Up into the space of the heart. Mother Gaia has so many messages for us. If only. . . We have the space. To center calm. E. And a receipt. What that requires. Moving your loving energy into the space of your heart. We're going to take it really easy. We're going to focus on the breath. We're going to focus on allowing ourselves to connect with feminine yoga. There is no rushing. There is no angst. There is no arrival. There is just. . . Hello? Receptivity and allowing so that you can connect not just with yourself but with the elements with Mother Gaia with all the messages and transmissions that are there and waiting for you to be receptive to it. When you feel ready, Close your eyes or soften out your gaze. And just shift your attention to your breath. Connect with the gentle inhale. The soothing exhales of your breath. With each inhale and exhale. Allow yourself to settle deeper into your body. Settle deeper into whichever position you've chosen to get comfortable. And if in the pose that you're in in this moment isn't suiting you, You have permission. Give yourself permission to re-adjust. Take it all in. Take in each breath. Each. Subtle movement. Allow yourself this moment. To be with your life force. As we journey into this calmness. This centeredness, This connected way of living. As you allow your. . . Energy to move from the lower And to rise up. Your root system. Your root network. Could be working diligently for ages and ages and ages. And not have opportunity to see any light. Breathe in through the nose. Hold the breath. Exhale out of the mouth. So three more rounds of that inhale through the nose. Hold. Exhale out of the mouth. You've got two more at your own pace. We're going to begin with a slow rotation. Starting to make circles. You can get involved in any way that you want. I just want you guys to know that my grandmother is here, And I'm so excited. Making these circles, Moving around. Go the opposite direction. Taking your time as you move, Giving yourself an opportunity to. . . Just awaken your lower chakras, The root and the sacral. It's so funny when I decide to record outside. I'm never recording it anywhere remote. So people are just like always looking. Keep going. And shift your direction. Just opening up that energy. Awakening the hips. And the opposite direction. And slow it down. Taking your legs and extending them out into a nice wide V shape. And you're going to place your hands out in front of you. If you feel you have any sort of limitations, Go ahead and place something underneath you, A cushion or bolster or blanket or even a block, Because we're going to begin to block our hips forward, Back, Forward, Back, Forward, Back. You can place your hands on it if you need some support. Or you can keep your hands on your hips. That's up to you. One of the easier ways to support this movement is to point and flex your toes. That gives you a little bit more support as you start to awaken. Breathe. And then once you have done about. 10 or 15 of these. Tilt forward. Point the toes. Then start to pretend that you're like walking forward and allowing yourself to just shift, Shift forward and bringing your heart space closer to the earth. Breathe. Pulse. There's literally no rush. Disallow. And give yourself an opportunity to just feel. What your body needs here. When we're doing feminine yoga, We're not giving ourselves any sort of expectations of force. We're allowing. Once you've done about 20 or 30 of these pulses, Holds. Put the palms up. And start to breathe into the back gate of your heart. And as you're breathing into the back gate of your heart, Send that energy down into the sacrum. Loop it around, Let it massage your yoni. Let it come up. And through the space of the sacral. And loop all the way up into the front gate of your heart space. So you're inhaling, Breathing into the back gate. You exhaling, Sending it down into the sacrum. So that's the lower part, The flat part of your back. Let it scoop around on the inhale to massage the space of the yoni. And then exhaling, Drawing that energy up into the space of the heart. One more of those. Slowly flip the palms down and walk back up into center, Allowing the shoulders to stack over the hips. We're going to close our legs and come into. . . A soft down dog straight away. So a south down dial just means we want those knees bent. So with your knees nice and bent and soft, Just start to walk side to side, Shifting the hip. Lifting one heel than the next. And as you shift your hip, Allow this energy to move all the way up into the armpit. Maybe you shift your gaze a bit, Looking under the arm and then the other. And I want your breath to be steady, Slow, Slow. And to be the lead. And the guide for each movement. Drop the knees onto the mat. Let the tops of the feet go into the mat and shift that into a child's pose. Drop the head down. Slowly coming up with the chin to the chest and the back rounded. Tuck the toes under, Come back into that soft downward facing dog. Glancing between. Thank you. Come back to that rocking motion. Walking your hands back closer to the feet. Keep the knees nice and soft. Columns are going to be on the mat. Back is straight. The shoulders are away from the ear. Shift your weight back into the heels. Lift the toes. And then shift your weight forward. With the heels. Shift your weight back into the heels, Lift the toes. And then shift your way forward. If you don't have any real connection to the mat and you're just here, This is where you grab your block. This is where you grab any sort of prop. You can even come to the bed. Put your hands on the bed and shift your weight back. And then walk forward, Right? Onto the chair. Anywhere you have everything you need already you don't need to buy anything And then slowly sink down and come all the way up. Lift the arms up overhead. Let the palms touch. Glance up at the thumbs. Exhale, Arms stay wide. Mountain Pose. Hanging out here in Mountain Pose. Taking your time. Literally no expectation, Just breathing. Centering and connecting. With your heart. Is your heart giving you any messages now? Is your breath telling you to slow down? Calm your energy. Calm your mind. Center your thoughts, Your feelings. And connect. Sweep the arms up overhead, Glance up at the palm. Exhale, Fold forward. Head hands heavy. Shake your head yes and no. If it feels better for you to bend the knees, Do that. And walk your hands over to the left. The outer edge of your left foot. Breathing here, Taking your time to sleep with that right hand all the way up. Then exhale, Bring it down. You're going to straighten the left leg. Then bend it. Shaking the right leg. Than bended. Straight to the left leg. Bye. Straight to the right. Walk your hands over to the other side. Sweep that left arm all the way up. Then take it down. Straighten the right leg this time. Burnt. Straighten the right leg this time. And one more. Or walking back to the center. Inhale, Straight back, Hands to the shin. And exhale, Bend the knees, Sweep the palms all the way up overhead. Plum touch. Exhale hands, Stay wide, Mountain pose. Breathe. Taking your time. There's no rush. Keep the palms up overhead. Palm touch. Exhale, Fold forward. Inhale straight back. Claw forward. Keep the knees nice and soft and shift your weight. Side. Let the knees hit the mat, Tabletop position. Exhale, Child's Pose. Call the spy and roll it on up. Tuck the toes and come back into that soft down dog. Sweep the right leg all the way up and straighten the left leg. Shift your shoulders forward over the wrist. Bend that right knee. Arch, Arch, Arch, Arch. Make a K with the spine. And step forward. Taking your time. We're not rushing. Sweep that arm all the way up. Cactus the elbows. Keep that heart open. Breathe. Sweep those arms out in front of you. Face the palms up. Let your torso rest on the right thigh. Breathe. Sweep the left arm up, Over. Palms will face up. Drop the back knee. Warrior II. Take your time. Straighten the front leg. Reach forward. Flip the palms over. Triangle pose. Drop that right hand down. Wherever you are, It doesn't really matter. If you're here, Perfectly fine. If you're all the way down, That's fine too. And then sweep that back arm up for triangle pose. Bend the knee. Come up. For you too. Windmill the hands forward, Lift that back heel, Come back into Down Facing Dog. Taking your time. Breathe. Three breaths. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Axial. Inhale. Exhale. Bend the knees. Child's Purse. Comments by. Come all the way up. Tuck the toes under that soft down dog. And if you feel ready, You can go for a nice, Long, Straightening. Downed out trying to get those heels towards the mat but just know if they don't touch No one is judging you. Sit the left leg armory up. Now, Shoulder stacks over wrist. Okay, Lift that back here. Curl the spine, Bend the knee. Ugh. Meet your foot to the top of the mat, Taking your time. Breathe. We're not rushing. Come up. Bring those arms all the way up. That's it. Cactus the elbows. Breathe and connect. You're not rushing. You're allowing yourself a moment of calm and ease. Take the arms forward. That the torso rests on the left knee. Then swing that right arm up, Drop the back heel, Palms face up, Warrior II. Breathe. Ah. Straighten the front leg. Reach forward. Flip the palms over. Triangle pose. Drop that right hand down. Wherever you are, It doesn't really matter. If you're here, Perfectly fine. If you're all the way down, That's fine too. And then sweep that back arm up for triangle pose. Bend the knee. Come up. For you too. Wind nail the hands forward. Taking your time and swing that left leg back. Exhale, Bring it down. Knees hit the mat. Child's Code. I'm all really apt to sit on. Your knees I'm going to turn this way so that you can see and sitting on the knees. If that feels comfortable if it's not comfortable for you, You already know. Switch it out. Switch it out. Let the palms face up. And then just start to make circles. Taking your time. And they go the opposite direction. Keep the arms up overhead. Look up. Exhale, Both arms go down. And once again, Arms up. Exhale, Hands go down. We do one more round. Inhale, Arms up. This time, Only the left arm goes down. You glance at the palm and then reach over to the right side. And while you're here, I want you to try to make sure that you're anchoring both hips down. Inhale, Come all the way up. Take that right hand and place it on the lower back and go for a twist, Just a gentle twist. You centered. Connected. Arm goes up. Across the body. And rest. The right hand rests on the outer edge of the left thigh. Both arms go up. Exhale, Take the hands down. Let's leave the hands up. This time, The right arm goes down. Glance at your palm. Reach up and bend. Try to make sure both hips are anchored. Breathe. Inhale, Arm goes up. Rest it on the lower back and go for a twist. It's a gentle twist Sweep the arm up overhead, Let it cross the body, And rest on the outer edge of. . . The right side. Both arms go up. Let the palms touch and let your hands reach. Let your hands rest. The space of the heart. Taking your time to meet me. On the back. Let the palms face down into the mat. Take three breaths here. Then let the knees touch and the heels go out. Let your hands go up to a diamond shape. And just rest. This is a lovely pose to come into. When are you feeling overwhelmed? You just want to calm down. You Let the hands go down by your side. Bring the feet parallel about hip width apart. You're going to take your time and tug the chin to the chest slightly, Just slightly. So that you can elongate the cervical spine, Or the back of the back. Slowly lift the hips. Peel it off. Vertebrae by vertebrae. Shift your weight to the heels and lift. The tones breathe. Exhale, Lower down, Vertebrae by vertebrae. And then lastly, Drop the feet onto that. Taking your time, Slowly lift. The hips Shift your weight to the heels and lift the toes off the mat. And then exhale. Slowly bring it down, Vertebrae by vertebrae. With the feet, Lord, Our last. We'll do one more round of this. Take it your time, Inhale, Lift, Lift. Peel, Peel, Peel. The heels, Excuse me, Lift the toes, Weight into the heels. And exhale. Slowly bring it down, Vertebrae by vertebrae. Take a long rest. Heel toe, Your feet together. Let the soles of the feet touch and the knees go out wide. Bring the left hand to the space of the heart and the right hand into the womb. Just breathe. Connected to these two spaces. So when do you feel ready? You can extend both legs and both arms. It rests, Or you can stay just in this pose for as long as you like. I hope that you feel calm. Centered. Connected. More important. I hope you feel so much gratitude for committing to. . . For yourself. For your well-being. Be well. And I'll see you soon.