Sunshine Kula Yoga Studio

Fun from Google pics over the years. Yoga and life, life and yoga. Yoga lifestyle. Live life, love life.

Not always easy but we can work at it, we can change, we can seek the good moments, remember the good and the beauty. Yoga helps. Align with life.

Sometimes we need more simple. Even puppy dog(Anahatasana) potentially brings a great shift in energy and blood to the brain. It beautifully balances vitality and calm as well as gently opening the heart chakra and helps relieve stress as you surrender and melt the heart. What better when we live in busy lives, drift without purpose or give more to others than ourselves.
Try it- It’s also a delicious shoulder, chest and upper back stretch so another, ‘good for the posture’ asana.

Maybe stay there with your long inhales and exhales OR pick it up like this reel shows. Remember to explore and perhaps be adventurous.
Gosh, so many ways for us to clear and feel our real self instead of drained.

These inversions have a hand foundation rather than our feet and I’ll detail more of that tomorrow!

This addition below can be bit can be tricky….

In addition to my talking, if your back ribs flare away from the wall, which often over lifts the chest…
• lower the tip of sternum( breastbone) towards your naval so that rib cage move towards the wall.
•using your abdominal muscles slightly lower the floating ribs( base of ribs in front body) towards the front of your pelvis. Think - side waist towards the wall.
• maintain backs of shoulders to the wall. This is where balance of actions is really needed.
• the above actions may also flatten your lower back if over done so maintain the lumber curve. Top of the sacrum in and up towards the back of the waist.
• this is likely to take a lot of concentration and lots of internal play but enjoy getting more in touch with your body, your alignment, and your posture. It will differ from person to person depending on the curvature of your spine.
•💨can you still breathe the energy(Prana)up and down the body from the ground below your feet to the crown of your head for a few breaths?
• well done, you are on a great journey. ✨

Do this everyday to lift your inner self up and align your posture, your energy and life.
It’s the repetition that will help the transformation that you need. Believe in you, stand up and all that you have to do each day will feel easier.

I’m going to share another of these with added tweaks to your alignment for those keen to see and hear more.

Ground and stand tall to open up that inner shine.
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Feet first - your foundation for posture, balance & energy.
The feet are an extremely important foundation to our posture and many yoga asana. Not only vital for our foot health but our base is the earth connection to creating a well balanced structure to build upon right up our through the body.
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This applies energetically as well as physically. It even goes beyond and connects to spirit level and is the foundation of our uplifted selves. Ground through strong roots and watch how much more you can evolve in ways that you most need.
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Place feet on the earth as you get out of bed and say how you wish to show up for yourself each day. Better still get outside and do it barefoot on the earth.
Look out for more as we build this week!

Your neck may need strengthening.

Being on your phone or computer too much can create neck tensions and misalignment. The head moves forward, muscles stretch out so often it’s strength that’s required.
More so the shape we are in is often the weights of life causing us to carry ourselves poorly making us feel weak and depressed. 😔

😃 We need to consciously change our posture and align with how the new shape can help us feel better, stand strong, taller and meet the day with strength, confidence and grace.

🤩 Try these moves pressing the head into the block or hands as you move forward and back maintaining engagement.
The final one is actually also great for your facial yoga practice in helping to avoid jowls and saggy neck!