12 Days of Self-Care: Day 11
Practice yoga for your physical, emotional, and spiritual body
Practicing yoga can be a great exercise for your physical and emotional body, and is a great addition to your self-care list.
Yoga has benefits ranging from an increase in flexibility, enhancing mood, helping digestion, and can even help relieve pain.
I am halfway through my yoga teacher training as I type this self-care tip! And my yogi journey has been exceptional. I am excited to offer classes in a few months!
For today’s self-care I will teach you the yin fish pose that helps open the front of the body. This is especially great for people who tend to bring their shoulders up toward their ears and sit slouched (I'm guilty!) The fish pose will help open your chest, throat, shoulders, abdomen, hip flexors, and the muscles between your ribs.
To begin have a yoga mat and a bolster. If you do not have a bolster you can roll a towel or a small blanket in a cylinder shape.
Place your bolster or towel vertically upon your yoga mat. Lie your back upon the bolster above the sit bones so your glutes are on the floor. Knees can be bent and have your arms out to the side to open your chest. Then bring your arms up like a cactus or a goal post position. Let your body sink down…
