Connecting Yoga

Slowly Slowly we find a connection. After having a baby or when we've finished our menstrual cycle, we can find it beneficial to slowly re-enter our Ashtanga Yoga practice, by taking the time to find a our breath and observe how it can support our yoga postures. I personally used this SShh breath and these body connections to help heal my and to feel strong to practice plank again.
1) Find hands and knees position, release diaphragm on the inhale. Let the exhale draw the navel in towards the center of the body and draw the ribs in. Press hands down through the earth, and lengthen the crown of the head and sitting bones.
2) Engage the feet by reaching back through the arches and find the connection between the arches of the feet and sitting bones. Keep the pelvis in neutral whilst reaching the crown of the head forward and back through the feet.
3)Overtime, when you feel steady through the breath and feel a connection through the body, try straightening the legs by sending the front of the thighs up.
Let the breath be your guide

A breathing tool to help with a . This can also be done lying down on the floor with knees bent. Come to sitting on your sitting bones. Place a scarf or yoga belt around the lower rib cage, and drop the ribs, stacking them over the pelvis (the breath will help to do this also). Inhale deeply into the scarf, front side, and back (wide breath) while visualizing the diaphragm dropping and releasing down. Exhale making a SShh sound through the mouth whilst gently encouraging the lower naval, mid naval and the rib cage to draw towards your midline. Feel length through the spine while rooting down through the pelvis and reaching up through the crown of the head; connecting head and tail. This breath can be applied to your yoga postures, moving from a place of connection ❤️