7 Top Yoga poses to ease anxiety and fatigue
These are my 7 top yoga poses to ease anxiety and fatigue. Remember that sequences should focus on quality and not always quantity. If you are under pressure, feeling anxious, stressed and fatigued, why beat yourself up about not having enough time to exercise or commit to your regular time frames for your yoga practice?
During these highly stressful periods, remember to do what you can and to be kind to yourself. This 5-10 minute sequence is about self nourishment, creating self awareness and becoming mindful of your breath.
- Come to lie on your back, take a few deep breaths to settle your mind and bring your attention to the present moment. Hug your right knee into your chest, keep both feet flexed. Hold for 5 breaths and repeat on your left hand side.
- Take a gentle twist, draw the right knee into your chest and cross over your midline at a 90′ angle. Extend your right arm out to the side, palms facing upwards and take your gaze to your right shoulder. Hold for 5 breaths and repeat on the left hand side.
- Hug both knees into your chest and gently rock side to side, massaging the kidneys and lower back. Gradually build up the momentum to rock backwards and forwards along the full length of your spine. Massaging your spine and organs.
Hug knees to chest
- Setu Bandhasana: Supported Bridge Pose. Lie down on your back with your knees bent. Walk the heels towards your glutes until you can feel you middle finger touch your heels. Keep your arms at your sides, palms facing down. Exhale and press your lower back into the floor, with your next inhale slowly start to lift your spine and buttocks from the floor, tucking your tailbone under, one vertebrae at a time. This asana can assist in the relief of symptoms related to anxiety, stress, depression and fatigue.
Setu Bandhasana : Bridge pose
- Supta Badha Konasana: Reclining bound angle pose. Slowly let your knees rio open to the sides, making sure that the feet stay connected by touching the soles to one another. Place your arms out to the side, palms facing upwards. You can stay in this pose for anything from 5 breaths to 10mins. This is a deeply relaxing and restorative pose.
Supta Badha Konasana: Reclined bound angle pose
- Ananda Balasana: Happy Baby Pose. This playful pose brings a smile to my face no matter how bad my day! Drawing the knees into the chest grip on the outside edge of your feet. Open the legs outwards and rock from side to side with control. Keep the shins perpendicular to the floor, flex into the heels and press the feet up into your hands as you pull your hands down to create a slight resistance. This pose stretches the lower back and hamstrings. It opens the hips and inner groin. It calms the mind, relieves stress and reduces fatigue.
Ananda Balasana: Happy baby
- Savasana: Corpse Pose. Extend your legs out and allow the hips and feet to drop open and away from the midline. Palms facing upwards, rest the arms at the sides of your body, but not touching. Come to focus your awareness on your breath. Counting can help to keep your mind on the present moment, try to make your exhalation longer than your inhalation. e.g. Inhale for a count of 4 and exhale for a count of 8. Stay here for 10 breaths or steal a little bit more time.
Savasana: Corpse pose
Too watch the Youtube video clip of this sequence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-4XnpGFazA
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