Mindful Yoga Sequence to Prepare for Meditation

This yoga practice is designed to prepare your body and mind for meditation, by enhancing flexibility and focus. You will explore four different poses and then combine them into a flowing sequence, linked with your in- and out-breath. You will stay grounded on the earth, and move through lunges, child’s pose, downward dog and a floor-based sun salute. Once the bell rings to close the sequence, you might like to lie down in savasana, or move into a meditation practice. If you are not familiar with the poses, there is a video version on lucydraperclarke.com. The sequence was recorded live in Johannesburg, and you will hear the sound of the iconic hadeda bird.

Reviews

a new option for my morning yoga. thank you!

A gentle guided meditation of 4 postures developing into a flow. I found this ideal as a morning practice, moving from awareness of how one is in the moment to moving into strengthening and stretching throughout the body, returning to child’s pose in between the different postures. A centred gentle and grounded flowing practice. Thank you.

This is a lovely practice. Doing movement before meditation is so helpful. Thank you and I loved the bird sounds!

This was wonderful. Thank you for sharing this practice. I will use it again. Namaste.

Loved the flowing sequence..I too had to YouTube to figure out 4th pose..this will be a regular sequence for me now..thank you.

Really good! Grateful 🦋

Lovely, short, grounding. Thank you.

Thank you for this gentle, mindful practice. For me, it’s just the right length to settle in for a meditation.

Thank you. I love including movement before I sit down to meditate.