With summer’s warmer days on the way, why limit your workouts to your home or health club? While you might associate the great outdoors with running or cycling, other types of exercise—like yoga—are great al fresco choices, too. First, find a spot outdoors that you enjoy, whether under a tree in your yard or on the sandy shores at your local beach. Then, take a deep breath of fresh air, feel the sun on your shoulders and the earth below your feet, and try this earth-conscious pose below.
Grounding Balance
- Begin in Mountain pose bringing hands into prayer position.
- Visualize breathing in the energy around you and breathing out love.
- Reach your arms as high as you can, with heels planted and feet flat. Next, try reaching higher on the right side, then the left, three times on each side.
- Round down into a forward fold. Hold this pose for five breaths with soft knees, hands flat on the ground.
- Bend your legs a little, lowering your pelvis. Exhale as the knees bend; inhale and straighten. Do this three times.
- Roll up slowly.
- With a gentle backward bend, look up at the sky. Hold this pose for several breaths, then slowly return to Mountain pose.
Learn more ways to ground yourself through Outdoor Yoga.
Question: What are your favorite outdoor activities?
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