11/25/2025
If I wanted one stretch to keep my whole back body open, the neck, upper back, low back, glutes, hamstrings, calves, even down into the feet and hands — it would be this forward fold. Five to ten minutes a day can change everything.
I filmed this on a whim, just getting back into my own rhythm after a chaotic season, but this is real healing: showing up as you are.
☀️ Ideally, practice this in the morning.
Sip tea or water. Sit tall, tilt your pelvis slightly forward, then hinge and relax your entire upper body. Drop the neck. Drop the shoulders. Let yourself hang.
It’s okay to be fidgety. It’s okay to adjust.
Just breathe, slow and steady.
Inhale 10 seconds. Exhale 10 seconds.
There will be discomfort, but it should never be so intense that you’re bracing, shaking, or unable to hold the pose. Honor your edge.
In the clip, I also show a simple self-massage technique:
Right beneath the knee (inferior to the popliteal space), where the calf muscles meet, I press my fingertips gently upward, let my leg sink into the pressure for 5–10 seconds, then release. Do what feels right for your body.
Then I move into gentle pulses
Inhaling as I rise, exhaling as I fold, waking the whole chain back up. And yes… I end with the weird little arm and finger stretches we all secretly need. Your body will tell you what it wants if you listen.
I’ve been a little rusty, but I’m getting back on track and I’m sharing the journey as it unfolds. This is real-time, real-life healing. ✨
Try this every morning for 5–10 minutes and come back in a week or two to tell me how you feel.
We grow together here. 🌿🕊️
