Valentine's Day
February 14th is the day we celebrate Valentine’s Day in North America. Be a valentine to YOU. Trace ‘Nine Hearts’ around yourself.
Feel the LOVE ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Basic Sequence - the nine hearts exercise
respect your limits, modify where needed
posture set-up:
stand or sit
feel both feet grounded and connected to the earth
spine is tall
overall exercise:
draw three hearts around the face
draw three hearts around the torso
draw three hearts around the body
Feel the LOVE
Explore the Movement with Breath :
Hearts around FACE:
place fingers at chin
INHALE draw hands up mid line to forehead
EXHALE draw heart around face down to chin
repeat 2 more times
Hearts around TORSO:
place hands over pubic bone
INHALE draw hands up mid line to upper chest
EXHALE draw heart around torso down to pubic bone
repeat 2 more times
Hearts around BODY:
place hands in prayer over heart area
INHALE draw hands in prayer up mid line to above head
EXHALE draw heart around body down to the toes OR sides of legs
can exhale out of the mouth slowly with enough pressure to puff out cheeks
slowly press outstretched arms down your sides with strength, as if you are pushing a weight down
repeat 2 more times
Yoga Practice
Open your yoga practice with ‘The Nine Hearts Exercise’.
Discover Amazing in Your Everyday Living
Recently I came across speaker, Nataly Kogan, and her Awesome Human Project.
Her website has a wonderful exercise where she invites people to recognize there own uniqueness, humanness and awesomeness by completing the following sentence on a daily basis:
Today, I’m an awesome human because . . .
Know YOU are amazing!
Namaste
(the Light in me honors the Light in you)
keep moving; keep healthy movement is your birthright be in AWE that your body can move
Disclaimer: Be safe, know your limits and move wisely without causing harm to yourself. Information provided in this newsletter is for you to explore and discover how your body works. It is not to diagnose any medical condition. Please consult with a physician or physiotherapist if you have concerns.
Instructions for ‘The Nine Hearts Exercise’ come from Donna Eden © 2006 Innersource.net