Learning ideas for June 1-5: Yoga to help you sleep!

Here are some Yoga activities to try this week!

"Try to be a RAINBOW in someone else's cloud"
~ Maya Angelou ~

Yoga Asanas (poses)

Give this advanced pose a try after you stretch!

Remember to use a block or a blanket will work as well!

My favorite video this week: Steven Jobs

Yoga Breathing

1. Here is an introduction to basic breathing exercises or a review of the foundations of breathing (length 13:44). 

Yoga links for virtual classes

1. Join Deepika Mehta in this Half primary series of Ashtanga yoga. This 58 minute practice is excellent especially if you do not have the time for the full primary series (length 58:06). 

2. Here is a morning Vinyasa yoga flow to follow along anytime during the day that works for you if you are not available to do it first thing in the morning. This flow will tone, stretch and strengthen the entire body (length 1:02:48). 

3. Pretend you are with Erin Sampson in Nicaragua enjoying another morning yoga flow class. This class is a shorter flow class just over 30 minutes long (length 38:13).

Other Yoga Activities

How are you sleeping at night? Why is Sleep important during a Pandemic?

Sleep is a critical biological process, and the truth is that it is always important. When confronting the COVID-19 pandemic, though, sleep becomes even more essential because of its wide-ranging benefits for physical and mental health.

• Sleep empowers an effective immune system.  
• Sleep heightens brain function.
• Sleep enhances mood.
• Sleep improves mental health.

Experts agree that getting consistent, high-quality sleep improves virtually all aspects of health, which is why it is worthy of our attention during the coronavirus pandemic.

Information taken from: https://www.sleepfoundation.org/sleep-guidelines-covid-19-isolation

Try any of the following yoga sequences to help you sleep at night: 

1. Yoga with Adrienne and her dog Benji! Here is a sequence that you can use to wind down before bed. Help your muscles relax and your mind feel at ease before you go to sleep at night (length 12:03). 

2. Here is a yoga practice that is great for relieving anxiety, stress and tension in the mind and body before bed. Let this yoga with Adrienne allow you to get completely relaxed right before you sleep (length 19:08). 

3. Here is a 6 minute quick yoga practice to help calm your central nervous system. This short but effective yoga flow will allow you to balance it out, soften and restore (length 5:55).