Lesson 3: Evening Relaxation Yoga

Do you find yourself getting home at the end of a long day and not having enough time to properly release your day and to transition into sleep? Going straight to bed with leftover aches and pains from the day wont help you if you just spend minutes or even hours tossing, turning, and trying to get comfortable. Instead of wasting time, give yourself 15 minutes to move through these poses on your mat instead. Moving forward this will be your go-to yoga practice, any time you need to release the kinks from your day. It will help you get calm, and get set for a good nights rest. As you hold and take a few breaths in each of these poses, you have an opportunity to close your eyes and envision letting go of tension and stress with every exhale. Roll out your mat and find a comfortable seat, cross-legged on the ground or up on a block. Whatever comfortable looks like for you today. Press play and enjoy! Poses that we will work through include: Neck release Side bend Wide-legged childs pose Sphinx pose Puppy pose Low lunge Quad stretch Half splits Supine twist Focus and Benefits Childs pose this is a soothing pose you can come to at any time of day when you need a little bit of stress relief. Savasana the final resting pose is an integral part of every practice. Give yourself the gift of this time to let everything go. Fully relax here as you unwind from your day. Let your breath be steady and natural. If you notice your mind wandering, simply return back to your breath.