Getting Up - A Yoga Sequence
“Falling down is part of life. Getting back up is living.”
Since having kids, I haven’t had time for yoga, at least not the way that I used to practice it. But that’s okay, because I don’t feel the way I did before I became a mom. I don’t need or want the same things, or think the same way. So why wouldn’t I change the way I do yoga?
Some days, there really is no time for a full-on uninterrupted chunk of time when I can practice yoga alone. Okay, that’s most days. If I keep waiting for that perfect time and place to practice, I might hardly ever do any yoga. So, in my struggle to find some yoga moments, I’ve crafted some simple but satisfying ways to use yoga poses to get down on the floor and back up again. Why?
Because my kids are at an age where I need to touch the floor a lot. I pick up toys, I wipe up messes, sweep up crumbs, and get down to play with them on the living room rug. Not to mention those moments when I find that I have a few spare minutes and you bet I sometimes take that as an opportunity to lie on my back in the living room:)
Last week I wrote a post on a sequence for getting up off the floor. This week we’ll connect the dots, so to speak, and play with a yogic way of getting back up! Here’s the progression in the video:
Any seated pose / table top / cat-cow / adho mukha svanasana / walk hands to feet (or feet to hands) to bent-knee uttanasana - hands on thighs and push slowly up to standing with a lengthened spine.
Variation: from uttanasana, keep knees bent and slowly round up to standing with arms and head relaxed
Every Tuesday I’ll share a micropractice that helps busy moms (and dads and kids, and really anyone) to incorporate brief yoga practices into their day. Every Friday I’ll post ideas and inspiration for practicing yoga with kids. Here’s the post to kick off this biweekly series that will last until the end of the year!