Ground your seat and feel a quiet lift inside. Bound Angle Poseĭraw your feet toward your hips until you feel a soft opening in your belly. Ground your bent-knee sitting bone and your bottom forearm against your lengthened inner leg use that leverage to lift your organs, open your interior spaces and breathe deeply. Root the tops of your toes, especially your baby toes elevate your back body and light up your heart. Note how your inner body rises as you expand breath into your high hand. Press down into the perimeter of your palm root your outer back foot down and lift the arch. Breathe and sway quietly like a majestic tree. Treeīring hands to prayer in front of your heart for a moment of grounding, then lift your hands high up to hug your head gently with your arms. Smile and lift your inner body up arms at your sides. Half Moon Poseīe sure your standing knee is aligned with your third toe, lift your standing arch up, elevate your kidneys, and expand from the inside. Keep your arches high, and from your pelvis to your feet, stretch your legs long. Note how that broadens that collarbone, and opens your bottom lung. Turn the fingers of your bottom hand out to the side and all the way back. With slightly bent knees, keep those connections and reach your seat and pelvic floor high. Standing Forward Bendīend your knees, place your heels in your palms (like a ball in a mitt), and fold your armpits right onto your kneecaps until they’re connected. Lift your heels, bend your knees, reach your seat back, and smile.
Take opposite elbows with your palms, and frame your head with your arms. Downward Dogīend your knees a bit, root your index finger knuckles, reach your seat high, and lengthen your spine.
Inhale to round your spine exhale to arch. Cat and CowĬreate a frame with hands and feet. Kneeling Rock PoseĬenter yourself, welcome yourself. Breathe three to five breaths in each pose and repeat on the opposite side. As you work through the poses, remember to breathe, smile, and stay close to yourself and to those who fill your day with peace. Inspired and informed by my work with Katonah Yoga, each posture helps create a stable structure, open us architecturally, and elevate us internally. Here is a little sneak peek of the sequence we’ll lead at the event. On September 2nd, I’ll be co-teaching with two of my first teachers, Colleen Saidman and Rodney Yee, for the Löle White Tour in New York City. A Yoga Practice for Elevating Peace Move with intention and ease through these powerful postures to reach towards peace within yourself.
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