See also Inclusivity Training: Align Your Heart Chakra with This Chest-Opening Sequence Dolphin Dips Continue to reach the blocks forward and sink the chest closer to the mat for a deeper stretch. Send your hips back, coming into Puppy Pose. Reach your hands forward and place them on top of the blocks. Start on all fours, with two blocks about a foot in front of your hands. There is nothing more yummy for the shoulders and the heart than a deep Puppy Pose. See also An Open-Heart Sequence and Navigating Change with Kathryn Budig Puppy Pose Variation If you feel ready to deepen this stretch, gently start to walk your elbows forward on the blocks. Take your hands to prayer and drop your prayer hands behind your head. Place the blocks outside of the distance of your head on the lowest setting, then rest your elbows on blocks while allowing your forehead to rest gently on your mat. If you are looking to increase the range of motion of your shoulders, adding the blocks under your elbows will get you there.įirst, bring your big toes together so that they touch. This variation of Child’s Pose offers several benefits. See also Sequencing Primer: 9 Ways to Plan a Yoga Class Child’s Pose Variation Continue to recline until the back of your skull finds the second block. Adjust the block so that it sits at the tip of your shoulder blades. Sit in front of your blocks and slowly recline until you find the first block meet your back. There should be about six inches between the two blocks. Set up your two blocks on the highest setting, with the long edge of the block parallel to the short edge of your mat. This pose suggests openness, and this variation is the most extreme in terms of heart opening. Supported Fish is a great way to gently open up the heart space by allowing your mind to get comfortable with the opposite body pattern most commonly found in everyday life. The height and position of your blocks will largely depend on the mobility in your thoracic spine. There are many ways to set up Supported Fish Pose. See also 5 Ways to Beat Holiday Stress with NYC Yoga Teacher Kristin Calabria 7 Poses to Open Your Heart Supported Fish Pose I designed this mini-sequence to help you delve deeper into mobilizing your thoracic spine and shoulders, which in turn, will leave you feeling awake, open-hearted, and ready to greet the full experience of this life. Heart-opening yoga poses are beautiful, and they also encourage us to be more compassionate and present in our lives. And while we may think this is only negatively affecting our posture, many yogis (myself included!) believe it’s also making us closed off to the world and less compassionate.įor many of us, the only time we think about changing our hunched-over, closed-hearted ways is during a yoga class. We sit at desks, stare into screens, and type all day long, spending a lot of time hunched over our phones or devices. Modern life is taking us into the opposite state of open-heartedness. Get full access to Outside Learn, our online education hub featuring in-depth yoga, fitness, & nutrition courses, when you
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