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I like to start my day early so I can get as much accomplished as possible, allowing me to be fully present for my kids when they get home from school.
And an important part of that early start includes this cool five-minute morning yoga routine I normally go through when I get up in the morning.
The great thing about yoga is that not only does it give you a flexible, limber body and focused mind, but it’s comprised of bodyweight exercises, requiring virtually no equipment at all.
All you need is a yoga mat, or maybe even just the carpet on your floor.
While I’m no professional yogi, I do know what works for me. A lot of times, I’ll modify different positions to suit what I need on any given day, and I encourage you to do the same.
As you’ll see, my yoga routine is rather fluid, as I like to move through the poses instead of holding them for a long period of time.
Each move starts with a breath – an inhale or an exhale – allowing you to get into a flow. That’s really important with yoga.
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Let’s start by standing tall, taking a big inhale to reach your arms up to the ceiling (or sky, if you’re outside). From here, let’s move into the following flow:
From here, repeat the flow, coming back into plank position, moving into upward-facing and downward-facing dog before doing that nice, long lunge on the left side.
Next, I like to go through a warrior sequence.
And there you have it – that’s essentially the routine I go through every morning when I first get up, before I sit down and start doing my work.
I find that it’s a great way to loosen things up, giving me a good start to my day.
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