Yoga For Sleep – Weekly Intermediate Class 126

Intermediate 50 min

Yoga For Sleep – Weekly Intermediate Class 126

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Equipment

Mat, chair, 2 bolsters, 3 blankets.

Key Poses

Supta baddha konasana, setu bandha sarvangasana, viparita karani, .

Focus

This class features poses that will help to contribute towards getting a deep and restful sleep. It contains relaxing restorative poses that help to diffuse stress and calm the mind. Insomnia may involve difficulty in falling asleep, or difficulty in staying asleep, or waking too early. It is an increasingly common ailment in today’s world. It can contribute to poor concentration and focus, and can leave you with an ongoing sense of tiredness and lethargy. It can also lead to poor overall mental and physical health. Chief contributors to disruption of the sleep wake cycle can be stress, constantly changing work and family schedule, caffeine, prolonged periods in front of computers and heavy late night meals. The creation of a relaxing bedtime ritual can help to combat insomnia. Yoga sequences such as this one can be easily built in to your night time routine. In addition to soothing your body and mind these poses will also help to calm your breath.

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