Doing Yoga in the Spring

Doing Yoga in the spring can make you feel less tired and help you adjust to weather changes. You may feel more relaxed, happier, and feel refreshed. Incorporating poses such as the Butterfly pose, Rabbit pose, Turtle pose, Horse pose, and other poses can make your yoga experience joyful. Be aware of your comfort level, your breathing, and if your body is in pain. Add blocks, cushions, or modify the yoga poses to feel comfortable and less pain on your body.

If blocks or cushions feel too hard while using them for your yoga poses, you can use blankets to support your spine and hips. Blankets can be folded to be more comfortable while doing your yoga poses. You can use old blankets or cut an old blanket in half. If you cut an old blanket in half and sew the edges, it can help you roll it for giving support to your neck. As well as supporting your knees depending on the yoga pose that you do.

Hip opening yoga poses are useful especially if you sit all day in your job. For example, the Flower pose opens your inner thighs and your hips. However, to do this pose your arms and hands need to be able to balance the rest of your body while your head is on the floor. You lift your legs up facing in front of you. Other hip opening yoga poses are the Lizard pose, Half Pigeon pose, and Double Pigeon pose which help with stiffness on your hips and thighs.

The Turtle pose helps you concentrate especially if you feel sleepy in the mornings. Try doing the Heron pose, Pigeon pose, and the Crow pose to stretch your body in the morning or in the afternoon. These poses help you focus and strengthen your body. Challenge yourself by doing the Horse pose and the Frog pose. The Frog pose and the Horse pose opens your hips.

If you have a tough time relaxing your mind from never ending thoughts, you can put on an essential oil diffuser bracelet or an essential oil diffuser necklace. Make sure it is lightweight and not distracting to you or to others. Although, it is not recommended to wear jewelry during a yoga session, you can put on an essential oil diffuser bracelet during your last yoga pose as you focus on your breathing. Inhale and exhale as you smell the essential oil coming from your diffuser bracelet or necklace. You can also wear an anklet with an essential oil diffuser.

Another way to practice yoga in the spring is by practicing yoga in your garden. Being surrounded by flowers and smelling your flowers can help you be in a good mood. In the last yoga pose, you can hold a flower from your garden as you finish meditating. Another way is by getting dry flower petals from your garden and putting them in a bowl with water. Stare at the flower petals as you say your mantra for five minutes before ending your session.

However, if you practice yoga indoors, you can imagine a flower garden while you meditate. Say a flower name as your mantra to help you focus. Purchase a flower yoga mat to help you visualize a garden as you meditate and do yoga poses. After your yoga session, you can work on a journal and press flower petals on the pages. Furthermore, you can write in your journal and stare at the flowers or petals for five minutes.

The spring season makes it easier to increase exercise activities and doing yoga outside to lift your mood. After doing these yoga poses, you may feel flexibility and be able to move your body with less pain. The Rabbit pose and the Butterfly pose reduce stress especially from a long workday. However, any yoga pose permits you to relax before going to work or before going to sleep. Here are websites with more information about doing yoga in the spring.

Living Seasonally-Tune into Spring:

https://www.ekhartyoga.com/articles/wellbeing/living-seasonally-tune-into-spring

Springtime Yoga Flow:

https://www.yogaflavoredlife.com/springtime-yoga-flow/

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