Peaceful Halloween Flow

Happy Blissful Halloween!

Enjoy this flowing yoga sequence for halloween or any day you wish to calm your mind and move your body!! 

Flow Into Peace

Love, Helén

Morning Ritual + Happy Hamstrings Video

Do you have a morning ritual? I have one that I LOVE. Last night I caught myself wishing it was morning so I could do my nourishing morning ritual... The way we start our day have such a great impact on the rest of the day. It’s in the morning we can really set the tone for our day. My morning ritual involves; meditation (often with a mudra and mantra), light a candle and drink my coffee while reading an inspiring book. Some days I practice yoga right after that, some days I don’t and I do my practice later. 

The morning ritual doesn’t have to be complicated or a “big thing.” Just something special that put us on the right track for a new beautiful day. 

Here are some beautiful morning rituals:

 

Move. Stretch. Flow. Create circulation in your body. Let prana flow.

Light a candle and take a seat. Connect to your breath and your body. Visualize how you want your day to be and how you want to feel. Sit in stillness for 5 -10 minutes.

Take a walk and connect to nature. Breathe deeply and set your intentions for the day. 

Make yourself a green smoothie and start your day feeling energized and clear.


















Create a morning ritual that you LOVE. Something that you can wake up to every morning and enjoy. 

Click here to enjoy Happy Hamstrings Yoga Video! 

With Love,
Helén

Not enough time for a full practice?

Hello & Namaste,

Just wanted to share some thoughts around time and practice...

Some days our schedule is so packed with things and obligations that needs to get done that a full yoga practice seems out of the question. Sometimes that can become a stress factor in itself...I can’t do my practice, I don’t have enough time...etc etc. The last thing we want and need is creating stress around our practice. So instead we can do some “yoga-on-the-go.” Just a few simple poses that can shift your energy and the way you feel right away. 

Happy Practicing, 
Helén

Side Stretching
Opens the side ribcage and lungs for deeper fuller breathing. 5 breaths each side.

Goddess Pose with Lion’s Breath
Stand in your truth. Be fierce. Lion’s Breath: as you inhale squeeze your face together and as you exhale with an aahhh sound you stick your tongue out and look up. Repeat lion’s breath 3 times and then stand in goddess pose for 5 more breaths, breathing in and out through your nose.

Heart Opener
Lift you heart and gaze. Open your chest and create space with your breath. Both uplifting and energizing. Stay for 8 breaths.

Hip Opener
Opening our hips can release a lot of tension in our lower back but also emotional tension stuck in our hips. Breath deeply for 8 breaths each side.

What is a successful yoga practice?

Hi & Namaste!

I’ve been asking myself; What is a successful yoga practice? Is it:To do a forward fold with straight legs. To not fall in a balancing pose. Doing headstands. Being able to do chaturangas in all vinyasa transistions. Do poses so it looks like you can join Circus De Soleil. To be able to sit still in meditation. A perfect warrior pose. Sitting in lotus pose.
Doing a full wheel pose. This list can go on... For many years I believed that the list above was a successful practice. Did I feel happy in my practice? No. I thought my practice was suppose to look and be a certain way. I truly thought that if I couldn’t stand on my head for a certain amount of time I was not a true Yogini...

So what is a successful yoga practice?

Decide, commit and just do it! That is a successful practice in my opinion!! 

Your practice is your journey. Follow your intuition and you will push yourself in the right direction. It is great to work towards moving into a certain pose, BUT remember that your journey getting there and working towards it is already perfect, because you are doing it. You devoted yourself to the practice and THAT is a successful practice!

Peace & Love,
Helén

Here is a movement meditation for you! Enjoy.

Happy October + Yoga Video

Happy October,

Autumn is the perfect season to create a steady nourishing rhythm both on and off the yoga mat. It’s a time to slow down and turn inward. We say good bye to the light warm summer days while we transitioning into the darker season. The darker season allows us to journey deeper into our inner light and spirit.

For this month we are going to cultivate a practice that will ground us, build strength, stability and boost our immune system for the colder season.  

LBY Members, 
make sure to check out the NEW yoga videos for October. A new vinyasa yoga sequence is up that will make you feel energized and grounded + a calming hamstring sequence that you are going to love. And don’t forget to download your yoga calendar!

If you not a member yet you can go to www.livingblissyoga.com to sign up. The signing up process is very easy. At LBY online studio and community I help you create both a nourishing and empowering yoga practice that you can enjoy in the comfort of your home or anywhere, anytime. You also have the freedom to choose your practice from a collection of many different yoga videos to make your practice tailored to your needs.

Check out the sequence that I just uploaded on Youtube; Yoga Flow to Wake Up & Open Your Body. Enjoy the flow! Click HERE to watch!

Love,

Helén