WAYS TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THE
KIDNEY ORGANS & WINTER SEASON- Keep the soles of your feet and lower back warm
- Eat hydrating warming foods (ginger, garlic bone broths, warming teas )
- Go to bed earlier and sleep longer
- Take long warm epsom salt baths and foot baths.
- Keep your water ‘fluid’ – hydration and movement are still key here – find a winter way to do this
- Practice slower forms of nourishing exercise like Qi Gong ,Yin yoga, Tai chi, walking.
- Use practices like meditation/yoga nidra and journalling, to help connect with your inner self.
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august/september 2019yogajournal.com.au4 DRAGONFLY ON THE WALL
HOW TO Lie on the floor close to a wall and put your legs up
the wall opening them wide to the sides. Rest your legs on the
wall and if its possible raise your arms overhead.Hold for 3-5mins.
BENEFITS Stretches deeply into the inner and back thighs and
Kidney channel and allows deep supported rest of the entire
spine. A calming and nourishing pose for the entire body.
TIPS Using props under sacrum for uncomfortable hip
compression or deepening your range, and outer thighs for
modifying and any knee issues.5 LEGS UP THE WALL
HOW TO Stay in the same position for dragonfly at the wall
and simply draw one leg at a time up the wall together(ish) still
relaxed and leaning against the wall for 1 to 5mins. Slowly hug
the knees to chest to finish and roll sideways to sit up.
BENEFITS Legs up the wall is a great counterpose to dragonfly
and an all-round go-to pose to rest the lower body. Inverted,
workign with gravity, the pose helps fluid flow in the lower body,
allopwing you to concentrate on breath and prepare yourself for
pentacle pose.
TIPS Put a block under pelvis if you need to ease any hip
compression that feels uncomfortable. An eye pillow here allows
for a deeper, stiller rest.6 PENTACLE
HOW TO Lay down in a spacious star shape. You can choose
to have your hands resting on your body and ‘short-circuit’
your Qi back in containment or spread out and no body part
touching another body part and let Qi and fluids circulate freely
throughout your body as you rest. Minimum 5 mins or longer.
BENEFITS This is the ultimate restorative and nurturing yin
pose. A hibernation briefly into the deepest parts of our-
selves and our ability to fully release and deeply relax. We
remember here what deep relaxation means and how it affects
us positively.
TIPS Put the bolster under the backs of your knees for lower
back support or over your hips for grounded rest. Use and eye
pillow as it allows your nervous system to balance and for you
to withdraw a little more deeply into the centre of yourself and
with less visual stimulation, drift away into a peaceful and easy
relaxation. 4
5
6
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YogaJournal Australia Fullpage.indd 1 18-07-19 16:53:06yj77_74-79 YIN.indd 78 19/7/19 2:55 pmWAYS TO LIVEINHARMONY WITH THE
KIDNEY ORGANS & WINTER SEASON- Keep the soles of your feet and lower back warm
- Eat hydrating warming foods (ginger, garlic bone broths, warming teas )
- Go to bed earlier and sleep longer
- Take long warm epsom salt baths and foot baths.
- Keep your water ‘fluid’ – hydration and movement are still key here – find a winter way to do this
- Practice slower forms of nourishing exercise like Qi Gong ,Yin yoga, Tai chi, walking.
- Use practices like meditation/yoga nidra and journalling, to help connect with your inner self.
78
august/september 2019yogajournal.com.au4 DRAGONFLY ONTHE WALL
HOW TO Lie on the floor close to a wall and put your legs up
the wall opening them wide to the sides. Rest your legs on the
wall and if its possible raise your arms overhead.Hold for 3-5mins.
BENEFITS Stretches deeply into the inner and back thighs and
Kidney channel and allows deep supported rest of the entire
spine. A calming and nourishing pose for the entire body.
TIPS Using props under sacrum for uncomfortable hip
compression or deepening your range, and outer thighs for
modifying and any knee issues.5 LEGS UPTHE WALL
HOW TO Stay in the same position for dragonfly at the wall
and simply draw one leg at a time up the wall together(ish) still
relaxed and leaning against the wall for 1 to 5mins. Slowly hug
the knees to chest to finish and roll sideways to sit up.
BENEFITS Legs up the wall is a great counterpose to dragonfly
and an all-round go-to pose to rest the lower body. Inverted,
workign with gravity, the pose helps fluid flow in the lower body,
allopwing you to concentrate on breath and prepare yourself for
pentacle pose.
TIPS Put a block under pelvis if you need to ease any hip
compression that feels uncomfortable. An eye pillow here allows
for a deeper, stiller rest.6 PENTACLE
HOW TO Lay down in a spacious star shape. You can choose
to have your hands resting on your body and ‘short-circuit’
your Qi back in containment or spread out and no body part
touching another body part and let Qi and fluids circulate freely
throughout your body as you rest. Minimum 5 mins or longer.
BENEFITS This is the ultimate restorative and nurturing yin
pose. A hibernation briefly into the deepest parts of our-
selves and our ability to fully release and deeply relax. We
remember here what deep relaxation means and how it affects
us positively.
TIPS Put the bolster under the backs of your knees for lower
back support or over your hips for grounded rest. Use and eye
pillow as it allows your nervous system to balance and for you
to withdraw a little more deeply into the centre of yourself and
with less visual stimulation, drift away into a peaceful and easy
relaxation. 4
5
6