Morning Yoga | 4-Minute Wake Up Stretch

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Morning Yoga | 4-Minute Wake Up Stretch

by Sandhya Coyle

Rated

4.5

Type

guided

Activity

Meditation

Suitable for

Everyone

Plays

18

This short morning yoga practice is designed to gently wake up the body and release tension after sleep. In this 4 minute sequence, we move through cat cow, side stretch, and thread the needle to mobilise the spine, open the shoulders, and stretch the side body. This is a gentle way to wake up the body, improve mobility, and start the day feeling more awake, stretched, and refreshed. Perfect to do in the morning, before work, or anytime your body feels stiff and needs a quick reset. Move slowly, breathe deeply, and enjoy waking up the body.

Yoga Morning Routine Stretching Relaxation Child Pose

Meet your Teacher

Keynsham, Bristol, UK

Meet your Teacher

Keynsham, Bristol, UK

Transcript

Welcome, We're going to work our shoulders today. Coming around onto all fours. Hands underneath the shoulders, Knees underneath the hips, Cutting care. Press the back up, Chin and toward the chest. Then release, Bend the elbow slightly, Lift the chin, And then maybe lengthen through the arms. Chin in toward the chest. Rounding. And arching. And once more rounding. And archy. Walking the hands forward. And sinking the bum down toward the hills. Child's pose. Lift the head, Walk your hands off one side of the mat. And across the other side. Back to center. And come to sit on your heels if you can if not you can go higher And hands to the shoulder. Elbows forward. Inhale forward. Excel back and once more. Good, I'm releasing. Walking one hand out and reach the arm up overhead, Reach out to your fingers, Draw the hand back to the shoulder. Reach out through the fingers and the arm, Hand back to the shoulder and once more reaching. Cross the other side, Hand to the shoulder. Reach the arm out. And back to the shoulder. Reaching. I'm back and once more. And come back up. Okay, So we're going to reach over again. This time, Draw the hand down and back up. Now, If kneeling doesn't work for you, If you want to do cross-legged, You can. Reaching forward. And up and once more. The other side, Reaching over and toward the floor. And backups who always listen to your body. Going at a pace that works for you. Go on within your limitations. And releasing. Coming back around. Onto your mat. Slide the hands out. This time, Bring the palms together in prayer. Lengthen through the arms if you can. And dropping the forehead down toward the floor. Take a nice deep breath in. And away. And then. And away. And coming up onto all fours. Weight into the left hand, Right arm out to the side. Take a deep breath in. As you exhale, Thread the arm through. Side of the head down toward the floor. And then back up Cauting cow. And then across the other side, Left arm out, Threading through. Rising back up. Thinking back child's pose. Rising up. And rolling out through the shoulders. I hope your shoulders feel a little looser. Thank you for watching. My name is Sandhya. See you again.