How Do You Start a Daily Yoga Routine?

Wondering what the best yoga routine is for a fresh morning? Do you want to start a daily routine? Start your day off with these simple exercises that are sure to get you moving.

Yoga is great for your health. It’s an easy way to connect with and de-stress your body. It makes a lot of sense to complete a yoga routine in the morning before you begin your day. You’ll feel refreshed and ready to take on anything, plus it will set you on your path to having yoga as part of your daily regimen. 

You only need 10 minutes to complete this yoga routine in your home and begin to unlock the wonderful benefits of yoga.

Follow the instructions here to have a fantastic morning yoga practice:

1. Standing Stretches to Open the Practice

The comfort of your bed is still in your joints. Start your morning yoga routine with some light stretching. Slowly reach up with both arms, on an exhale, side lean to one side lowering that arm. Lift both arms back up, and side lean to the other direction.

Lift arms back up, lower both behind you and interlace your fingers. Lift your gaze and chest, and as you exhale, fold forward over your legs to feel a stretch in your hamstrings and an opening across your chest and shoulders.

2. Lunges and Twists for Gut Health 

As you exhale, plant your hands and step your right foot back. Hold a low lunge before dropping your right knee to the mat. Keep your right hand where it is, and take your left arm up towards the ceiling. Turn your head slowly towards your upper hand.

3. Build Transitions Into Every Yoga Routine

Now you’ll step back into plank pose, drop your knees, and bend your elbows to lower your torso halfway to your mat. Point your toes and lift your shoulders, neck, and head off of the mat, hands at chest height, you’re in Cobra Pose!

Instead of going directly into Downward Facing Dog, press back up into supported plank pose (knees down) and send your seat towards your heels, keeping the toes curled under. This will stretch the plantar fascia of your feet.

Spring back into plank pose, and exhale to Downward Facing Dog. Now you’ll return to Step 1 and begin with the Left foot stepping back, repeating steps two and three before you return to the front of your mat.

4. Camel Pose to Open the Chest and Shoulders

Kneel down in the middle of your mat to stand on your knees. If you’d like, place a blanket under your knees or double your mat over to make this more comfortable. Place your hands on the back of your pelvis, elbows and upper arms moving towards each other. 

Begin to lean back, lifting your chest and chin, creating a backbend in your upper torso. Keep your pelvis pressing forward. If you’re feeling flexible, move your hands down to hold your heels or ankles which deepens the backbend. 

5. Child’s Pose to Counter Your Backbend in Your Yoga Routine

Counter the stretching of the previous pose with Child’s Pose. Sit back onto your feet and fold your upper body onto your thighs. Rest your arms alongside you or reach them forward. 

6. Breathing Practice and Meditation to Feel Calm

End your yoga routine with a few minutes of meditation. Meditation is very beneficial to your health. This is a chance to focus on your breathing, feel the harmony within your body, and connect to a deeper sense of wisdom and stability within you. 

Sit comfortably. Whether it’s cross-legged on the ground, on a pillow, stool or chair, it is your choice. First, you will do alternate side nostril breath, or nadi shodhana, and then watch your regular breath. 

For alternate side nostril breath, or nadi shodhana, take the peace fingers of your right hand and fold them in towards your thumb pad. Place your thumb on your right nostril flare, and your ring finger to your left nostril. Close your eyes. Block the right nostril as you breathe in through the left. Then, block both nostrils as you keep your breath inside. Let go of the right side but block the left as you exhale out the right side. Breathe back in through the right, exhale left, and so on. Repeat this at least three times, alternating between sides as you breathe in and out. 

Now release your right hand to your thigh or knee, and watch your breathing. Relax. See your breath come in and out of both nostrils. Relax your forehead, your shoulders, and your mind. You can finish with mediation or complete your yoga routine by laying down on your mat in savasana.

What Are the Advantages of Morning Yoga?

There are many benefits to yoga, but they come with regular practice and routine. Practicing first thing in the morning means there is a good chance you will practice every day. Yoga is a safe and easy exercise that anyone can do. No matter your age or abilities, regular yoga can improve everyone’s wellbeing.

When you do yoga in the morning, you unlock special benefits to this exercise routine. The stretching from this routine prepares your body for the coming day. It’s a warmup from the comfort of the bed to the hustle and bustle of each day.

Your home yoga practice not only prepares your body, but it helps to set your mind in the right headspace. This short 10-minute yoga routine can make you feel alert and accomplished, which is a great feeling to carry for the rest of your day.

And you don’t need much for it. Just a few minutes and a mat is all you need to unlock the wonderful benefits of a morning yoga routine.

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