Things You'll Need:
- Comfortable clothing
- <br>Yoga mat
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Step 1
Sit in a comfortable seated position. Grind your pelvic bones into the mat and extend your spine. Relax the shoulders and face muscles and notice the body's pulsations.
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Step 2
To boost your energy immediately, start with breath work. This awakens the system by oxygenating the body. Take soothing, lengthy inhales and exhales, both through your nose. Close off a little space at the back of the throat and continue to take deep inhales and exhales, still through the nose. You'll hear a little whistle sound, that when with a group, sounds like the waves of the ocean. This type of breath is called Ujjayi breath.
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Step 3
Continue breathing and allow the breath to initiate movements. Come to your hands and knees (called tabletop) and start warming up the spine with Cat/Cow position.
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Step 4
Come into Downward Facing Dog. Take deep, cleansing inhales and exhales, continuing with the Ujjayi sound.
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Step 5
From Downward Facing Dog, come into Plank and lower the body down in a push-up fashion. Then Upward Facing Down, then Downward Facing Dog. This is a vinyasa. Continue with multiple vinyasas. Downward Facing Dog, Plank, lowering the body down, Upward Facing Dog and Downward Facing Dog. Continue with this cycle, breathing throughout.
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Step 6
If you are an advanced practicioner, go ahead and do an inversion of choice. This is very energizing. Be sure to continue with the inhales and exhales. An inversion may be Plank pose, shoulder stand, forearm stand or handstand.
