The Standing Open Heart Series is a lovely flow of poses that all help to open the area around the heart. If you are following the Daily Hope Practise Series and want to build stamina increase this to 6 repetitions then add in another series in between and after each standing pose side for a total of 8 repetitions. During the Side Stretch anchor your feet as you lean into the stretch.įor this practice, we have relaxed a bit on the Sun Salutations with only 3 – 5 repetitions. Bring that sense of awareness into your practice and the rest of the day. EnergizeĬheck-in with Mountain Pose, we explored this more deeply in the Meditative Yoga Flow.
You can fold your mat up or use a blanket to protect the knee joint. You may want to pad the area under your knee if practising on a hard floor surface. Gate Pose is one that doesn’t get included in many yoga classes but is really effective at opening the area around the heart. Then as you move into Extended Cat / Cow let that expansion spread outward to your whole body. There is so much in life that causes us to contract stress, depression, anger… Check In / Warm Upĭuring the starting poses focus on moving and expanding that area around the heart, especially in Cat / Cow Pose. When we physically open the area around the heart we also emotionally open ourselves to giving and receiving again.Īs you move through the poses this week think “expansion”. This daily yoga to open the heart practice becomes essential to both the health of our spine and our emotional state. Time spent sitting at a computer, driving, texting… even riding a bike. Our spine starts to take this path by habit and our emotional state follows along. How many times do you take on this posture when you feel down, lonely, or angry? Its a natural protective response but over time it becomes chronic. Who is hunched over, not meeting your eye? Are they open to receive your smile? Often we see people that are closed off from the world around them.
Are we sad and then our posture curls inward or does the inward posture from our daily routine lead to feeling isolated? Each case is different but we do know when we open and create space physically we’ll also see the results emotionally. Our physical structure also affects our emotional state. Opening the area around the heart, softening the muscles and creating space between your ribs means you have: These factors make it important to do a heart-opening practice regularly.Įnjoy this series all week and then add it in once a week throughout the year to open up the area around the spine not just physically but emotionally too. Plus… ergonomically we tend to round the upper back while driving and working and even at play sometimes when we ride a bike, read a book or putter in the garden. Often the news focuses on the negative which encourages us to see what’s wrong instead of what’s right. This daily yoga to open the heart sequence helps to physically open the area around the heart which releases stuck emotions and lets us feel happier.
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