Lion's Breath - Foundations of Yoga

So, the blogging about daily yoga might be more time-consuming than the actual yoga. ;)

The day before yesterday, I took it kind of easy because I also sometimes still practice Massage Therapy and did not want to over-exert myself. That day, I only did breathing exercises to help me relax and focus before giving a massage. There are many different types of "yoga breathing" and this Lion's pose and Lion's breath is pretty great. Check it out.



Yesterday, I only did one pose-Downward Dog. For me, DD is the most helpful pose I can do, for myself. If I can work on just perfecting one pose, it would be this one:

You can do this, then alternate raising each leg for a better stretch, like this: 

I was taught to do the one leg-as above-with the sole of the foot perpendicular to the floor-not how the picture shows her pointed toe. From here, if you bend that raised knee and rotate your hip, you can get a really great stretch into the rest of your hip/leg. Do this with both legs several times, then notice the difference when you come back to your original DD pose.



Hopefully these are some good tips!