It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Our team site is up, and the Yoga for the Cure challenge is on. (You can still join–anytime until October 10th.) Members will be creating personal pages with their stories of what this challenge means to them. Inspirational stuff!

My “challenge” this month is self care–through practice, through kindness, through slowing down.

In honor of that, and since we could probably all use a little Yin Friday (but maybe can’t make it into class), here’s a Yin sequence to use to care for yourself. Remember that Yin is a passive practice of allowing and listening. No pulling into a pose or vinyasas in between (whew!).

Enjoy each pose for 3-5 minutes, one side and then the other. You may want a blanket or two for propping or padding.

On the back – Constructive Rest or Pancake
Knees in, easy twist to each side
Butterfly (Cobbler’s Pose)
Seated Twist (Matsyendrasana)
Half Shoelace (Half Cowface, legs only)
Sleeping Swan (Pigeon)
Sphinx
Dragonfly (Seated Straddle)
Supine Root Leg Twist
Knees to Chest
Corpse, Savasana