01/15/2024
A winter yoga (and well-being) routine focuses on the stomach, lungs, heart, and head; combining a warming practice with slow deep breathing and relaxation can keep most systems healthy by balancing the nervous system, optimizing digestive function, and boosting immune response.
Keep in mind – the inner heat of a winter practice is meant to warm, not overstimulate or deplete essential energy reserves. With a relaxed nervous system and revitalized immune and digestive systems, you'll find you have more energy and can feel healthier or recover more quickly from winter's potential to bring you down.
💚 For nourishing your digestive functions, try twists, cobra, head to knee, and reclined goddess pose (a free 10-minute goddess pose practice is linked in my bio!).
🫁 To help keep the lungs clear of excess mucus and open the chest and heart area to stimulate the thymus gland, which regulates the immune system try right angle, triangle, bow pose, pigeon, bridge, fish, reclined supported backbends.
🧠 To help keep the mind calm, clear, and light in a time when it is easy to get overwhelmed by the darker days and a more inward focus with a supported shoulder stand, child’s pose, supported savasana, and a gentle sun salute with deep rhythmic breathing.
💞 For regulating your nervous system practice gentle twists, all the restorative poses, alternate nostril breathing, and a long savasana.
📸: restorative reclined goddess pose ♡
