Vinyasa | Integration & Rooting into Self
40 MINUTES | VINYASA | ALL LEVELS
Integration & Rooting into Self
Enjoy this grounding practice with hip opening and balance poses as a way to connect to our center. Neuroscience reveals that integration is the underlying foundation of health. When we are fragmented, be it our attention scattered, our mind disconnected from body, our memories repressed or our emotions stored in self-denial, we create more disharmony within the body. Yoga is a practice of integration - to unite or yok as the Sanskrit word indicates. This vinyasa class is an invitation to return to what Ayurveda and Yoga call “Svastha” or seated in oneself as perfect health. Join me on the mat to integrate mind and body, welcome all parts of you into the present and return to your whole self.
The practice: Expect hip and shoulder opening, along with balance postures to ground. Enjoy for IT band attention, we work towards Tree Pose Vrksasana and then Eagle pose Garudasana. We finish with grounded hip openers of pigeon or figure 4 and Bhramari Pranayama, or Bee Breath to calm the nervous system.
Filmed in the desert of Red Rock, Nevada.
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TUNE PAIRING
Like music as the backdrop to your practice? Here is a playlist that may get the energy moving!
Note is a 50 minute playlist for a yoga practice that will take 40-45 minutes.
Begin this playlist after the introduction. Timestamp is 1:05.
RESOURCES
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