Quite simple, actually. My Yoga Mind Cd has some simple options to quiet the mind, or you can follow a simple relaxation practice – all part of balance and active recovery. If you prefer instruction contact me for private yoga lessons, I am in Bergen County
Balance is organic; sometimes you have to put the instruction manual down.
Try track 6 on the YOGA MIND CD : Breathe For Balance and bring that with you into your day on and off the yoga mat.
You can also schedule a private yoga class with me; I am in Bergen County or come to my new yoga class in Tenafly at Blue Sky Yoga Mondays at 10:30
foot circles, rolling over a tennis ball, massage, however you can simple warm-ups for feet pretty essential for anything yoga or otherwise
A key misconception is that props make a pose easier or gentler; support is feedback.
The popularity of pushing into a pose should be replaced by the honest efficiency of meeting yourself where your needs are. Props give you access, and help you maintain a calm breath. If you are overriding your breath in order to seek sensation, you risk overdoing, strain, injury.
For more reasons to use props, check out my post on MindBodyGreen
What is the energy you are bringing into asana ? Is your breath hard or soft ? You can do a challenging posture but still soften the energy you bring to it.
The essential natural breath is soft; click here to practice
How you do this is personal, and not a reflection of whether or not you can do a headstand. Like anything, start with a calm mind prepare to give up something old, set a new intention, and go forward.
Legs Up The Wall: Legs up the Wall is a pose that is what it says it is! It is a really beneficial and basic restorative yoga pose. I am showing it using the ThreeMinuteEggs®
Now, there are many many ways to do legs up the wall pose and it may not be suitable to do it this way. I happened to be travelling with them and I enjoyed the support.
Keep in mind that you should be able to relax into it for 10-15 minutes in the variation that does suit you, breathing calmly.
Click here to watch
In Sanskrit Legs Up The Wall pose is called: Viparita Karani:
(vip-par-ee-tah car-AHN-ee)
viparita = turned around, reversed, inverted
karani = doing, making, action
It is believed that Viparita Karani is good for most everything that ails you, including:
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lear thinking is desired, but over thinking can be unproductive; simply following your natural breath for a few moments can really calm agitation in the mind
