Easy Kapha Reducing Yoga Practice

• Stand in Tadasana (mountain pose).

• Inhale and reach arms overhead; Exhale and relax arms by side.  Repeat 6x

• Inhale and reach arms overhead and use right hand to grasp your left wrist as you lean to the right.  Hold for 5 breaths, and switch sides.

• Inhale and reach arms overhead, then bow forward over your legs, and step your right foot back into a lunge. Keep knee up or lower it, and reach arms up toward the sky. Hold for 5 breaths and then step right foot forward. Inhale torso all the way up.

• Inhale and reach arms overhead, then bow forward over your legs, and step your left foot back into a lunge. Keep knee up or lower it, and reach arms up toward the sky. Hold for 5 breaths and then step right left forward.  Inhale torso all the way up.

• Exhale into chair pose with arms straight out.  Hold for 5 breaths.

• Inhale as you raise your heels off the mat and reach your arms up; exhale and lower heels and arms. Repeat 6x

• Inhale and reach arms overhead and step left food back and then right foot to downward facing dog.  Pedal feet and then hold pose for 5 breaths.

• Inhale forward to plank and hold pose for 10 breaths.  Lower to belly.

• Reach arms by hips, inhale and lift head, chest, arms and legs into locust pose. Hold for 5 breaths. Release and rest cheek on the mat.  Repeat 1x.

• Flip onto back, bring knees to chest and hold for 5 breaths.

• Put feet on mat and move hips to right then drop knees to left as you turn head to right. Hold for 10 breaths. Inhale legs to center.

• Move hips to left and drop knees to right as you turn head to left. Hold for 10 breaths. Inhale legs to center.

• Move into savasana for a few minutes.

• Come into seated pose and express gratitude for three aspects of your life.

Namaste’.