• Check in, centering, balanced hatha yoga set considering contraindications, relaxation (with imagery as appropriate),
• Balanced pranayama considering contraindications, meditation/centering.
• Include at least one suggestion from Karma, Bhakti, Raja, or Jnana Yoga tailored for this client.

Setting daily intention to listen to where we are holding sets in our body and where.

Centering with connection of breath and body and awareness into the places we hold stress and reminder to exhale to release tensions

Asanas- gentle warming neck shoulders and seated cat cow, legs long knees, ankles
pelvic tilts supported bridge, supported open hip then twist. hip rotations in between, 3 forward folds on bolsters legs long, butterfly then wide. Childs pose, then legs on elevated on bolster for savasana, and yoga nidra.

Pranayama- Extended exhalation during class, Then Square breath even 4 parts in and out the nose.

Meditation- Meditation of our body as a communicator sharing what are needs are, to remember to listen by pausing and breathing and being present.

Philosophy- Yoga's definition on union and connection, that remembering that our thoughts can be controlled (Citta Vritti) with true presence and the energy of our breath.

This was a fun one to teach because while we we dicussing where we hold in the body you can see everyone soften, even if they weren't feeling stress at the moment. And even during meditation where we kept in the same theme you can see everyone nod at times.
To me this is their progress of still learning.

There is always a new lesson in lessons that have been taught over and over, a new story or perception.

Sharing how my 10 year old was clenching her jaw was entire lesson i have repeated many times about stress and tensions and where we hold and yet it felt new.

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