True Yoga is Simple: 13 Steps to Deepen Your Home Practice by Olga Yumasheva - HTML preview

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INSOMNIA

Many times, when we go to bed, we’re still

overwhelmed with impressions we got

throughout the day. The active mind wanders

and doesn’t let us fall asleep.

If we lie down on the right side for at least 10

minutes, the left nostril will open. Thus, we’ll

activate the passive feminine energy, get more

relaxed, there’ll be little thinking process, and

we will eventually fall asleep.

Sometimes I wake up during the night. This is

my creative time, so I don’t mind it. But

ultimately, I still need to get back to bed. If the

sleep doesn’t come right away, I go to my yoga

mat and do some cooling Inversions. It could

be Shoulderstand, Legs-Up-the-Wall pose or

Plow pose variations. These poses could also

be used in the evening to calm down before

night sleep.

 

LOWER BACK PAIN

If you lift heavy things or have a small kid, you

must be familiar with lower back pain. To

release the muscular tension, we can bend our