30 Min. Energetically Clearing Evening Yoga Flow

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30 Min. Energetically Clearing Evening Yoga Flow

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4.8

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guided

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Meditation

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Everyone

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This 30-minute Energetically Clearing Yoga Flow is a practice designed to help you unwind, soften, and release the energy of the day. Through mindful movement, longer holds, and steady breath, we create space in the hips, hamstrings, and spine while inviting the nervous system into a state of calm. Inspired by ancient energetic practices that honor the intentional release of stored tension and stagnant energy, this flow encourages you to move with awareness and let go with each exhale. This practice is perfect for the end of a long day, before bed, or anytime you need to reset and return to yourself. Move slowly. Breathe deeply. Let the day dissolve.

Yoga Relaxation Energy Cleansing Mindfulness Breathwork Emotional Release Intention Setting Evening Routine Hip Openers Compassion

Meet your Teacher

Queens, NY, USA

Meet your Teacher

Queens, NY, USA

Transcript

Hey there, My name is Lisa and welcome to your release the day, Evening, Slow flow. I am super excited for this. It's perfect timing because this is the end of my day. Well, Almost at the end of my day. And I am ready to just dive on into some hip openers, Some forward folds, And really dive on into. . . Releasing whatever kind of latched onto us. Or energy may have latched onto us. It's very interesting that that and a little Dharma talk before we dive on into our movement, But it's really interesting how when we move about our day, I feel a lot of us can be energetic sponges. We tend to pick up things or notice things or feel other people's grief and energy because we are empathetic individuals, Especially if you're an empathetic individual. There could also be things that have happened to you that stick with you, Avoiding a car accident, Or maybe you were in the department store and you lost your kid and you're kind of processing that after you found them. There's many things that can stick with us, An argument or a disagreement, Or maybe it's a total life change. You heard news that you realize this may change your whole life. This evening flow is meant to reground our nervous system to mirror back the values and the intentions that we set maybe possibly in the morning and really close the chapter in the evening so that we can rest our nervous system. And really energetically release even in Japanese culture, Asian culture, Korean culture. You leave the shoes at the door. You leave all the stuff that happened in the street at the door. You don't walk into the home with it. Latin American culture, Specifically Mexico and Ecuador, There's limpias by curanderas or healers, Where they clean off the energy of what has happened to you. And that's kind of like. . . And that's kind of the energy that we're going to dive on into today is to clear that energy out. So with that, My friends, Let's go ahead and dive on into a child's pose. If a child's pose doesn't work, You can come into seated position or lying on down. It is really up to you, Whatever works. So bringing the knees as wide as the yoga mat. Coming to sit onto the heels of the feet. Bowing on down. Taking a moment to breathe on into the hips. Lower back, Connecting the energy to the earth. Breathing in. Exhaling out all the energy that does not serve us deep down into the earth, Releasing, Letting on go. And if you hear my cat, Baby G, We had to close the door because she was being a menace. Forgive me if you hear a little mouse or a baby crying in the background. That is our 19-year-old cat. So taking a nice big deep breath in. And exhaling out. And last big deep breath in. And exhale. Feel free to set an intention for yourself for this practice. That will help you ease into a state of release, Of letting go. Of softening. And from here, Slowly go ahead, Come on to the hands and knees and begin to trace circles with the heart. Over right rest or over left. So in yoga, They'll teach a lot about sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. Sympathetic is active, Fight or flight. I'm going to go on a journey. I'm going to go on a run. And parasympathetic is rest, Release. I can digest. I might feel hungry. And this is all about not being in fight or flight or work mode. Being about rest and ease mode. Maybe begin to trace circles with the hips as you bring the knees in alignment with the spine. Just release any. Lower body tension. In yoga philosophy, It's known that we carry a lot of our emotions in our hips. So pretending there's a paintbrush at the edge of your tailbone tracing circles. One way, Three times And then taking it into the opposite direction if it feels good. Making sound if it feels good. Ah! Beautiful. Now if you are like me and have a little bit of angst. Needs to be released we'll do just a little bit of core work so just to kind of release a little bit of that angst but still keep it in slow flow movement so go ahead ground down through the left hand send the right foot on back trace circles with the right knee sending the right knee behind the elbow back Two more times, Inhaling. And exhale. The last big deep inhale. And exhale, Go ahead. Send the right heel all the way on back. Send the left hand all the way on forward. So left hand forward, Right foot on back. Really point through the ball of the right foot as we reach the left hand on forward. Hugging the rib cage and the navel on. Inhale. And exhale, Release the left hand and sweep the right foot all the way on over to the right side off the yoga mat. Hopefully you can see my right foot on the edge of. Or past the edge of the yoga mat, Stretched on out, And see if you can walk the hands as far forward as possible, Bowing on down. I love this hip stretch. And inhaling. And exhale. Just hold here. Holding's the hardest part, Especially if you want to just, If you're in fight or flight, You just want to fight or move past emotions or push past emotions. I invite you to stay with it, Explore it. Be open to what it has to say if emotions do come up. Ah. And slowly come to rise, Sending shoulders over the wrists. Go ahead, Sweep the right knee back to center. Let's take that into the opposite side. Go ahead, Send the left foot on back and trace some circles, Sending the left knee forward. Down, Back, And to the side. Kind of like we're a puppy lifting our leg. I've heard this called like fire hydrant circles or so many different things. And taking a nice big deep inhale. And ask. Two more breaths, Breathing on in. Sighing on out. Last big deep inhale. And exhale. Go ahead. Send left foot on back. The right hand reaches on forward. We're finding that opposite balance. We're engaging the core. We're creating a little bit of fire. Take a nice big deep inhale on what you wish to release. Exhale, Sigh it on out. Ah, Releasing the right hand, Sweeping the left foot to the left side or past the left side off the yoga mat, Walking the fingertips as far forward as possible, Bowing on down, Getting a nice stretch into the inner left thigh. You can come onto the elbows, The forearms. And just releasing the day. Releasing any emotions, Especially if you work at a desk and you might be on a lot of meetings. Getting a lot of information, Doing a lot of tasks, And it's all just sitting in your hips. It's all just there. At that weird hinge of gravity. So breathing into the hips. Exhale, Sighing out, Releasing. Stunning, My friends. Take a nice big deep inhale. Slowly coming to rise on. Sending the left foot back to center. On exhale, Go ahead. Ground down through the left fingertips. Sweep the right hand all the way on up. And thread the right hand just reaching it underneath the left side of the body. Inhale to rise, Adana. And exhale to read. Two more times in a. . . And exhale. And last time, Breathe it in. And exhale, Descend that right. Shoulder all the way down to the yoga mat walk. The left hand on forward. Now we're releasing any tension in the heart space. We tension the jaw and neck, Especially if we're listeners. I am so happy to work with a lot of you guys where I learn you are. Social workers, Nurses, Caregivers. You hold people's hands at the end. Of their lives are at thresholds. Your doulas and healers and space holders. Some of you are firemen or were in military. And I want to just honor all of that energy. And even if you don't have that title, Maybe you just. . . Listen to a friend today or you listen to or held space for some news that was. Sad for those who need to be remembered in the world. And maybe we just need to release a little bit of that energy from the heart, Which means we don't forget, We don't ignore, We just know. It's so key to let go. It's okay to experience. Forward movement while still honoring All that is in honoring other people in the world around us. Hmm. When you're ready, Place the left hand in front of the face. Sweep the right hand all the way on up. And let's take it into the opposite side. Go ahead, Sweep the left hand on up. And then thread the left hand underneath the body. And inhaling on up. And exhale to thread. Last time, Inhale to reach. And exhale to thread and release that left shoulder to the ground. Walk the right fingertips on forward, Taking a nice thread the needle pose. Kind of continuing on that note. Grief especially, Or survivor's guilt. Shame. Sometimes we almost feel guilty to move on. It's like, Oh, If I move on without doing anything. And I might as well be ignoring it or I'm not honoring the situation or I'm not honoring other people's feelings. You already honored. You paid attention. You acknowledged. You listened. If you went to a friend's house after losing a pet, For example. There's nothing they could do. There's nothing you could do in this situation. But they listened to you. They held your hand. They even said a hope, A wish. That you heal from the grief, That the grief process goes easy. And that that pet's always remembered. And the person leaves. Do you feel like that's not enough? Are you stuck in that cycle? Because if you were that friend, Wouldn't you feel like that was enough? Wouldn't you feel that that was the greatest gift, That they listened? That they could be there for you. Sometimes we don't recognize how important it is for us to just acknowledge someone's grief. That's the greatest gift is acknowledgement. Take a nice big deep inhale. Exhale, Placing the right hand in front of the face, Sweeping the left hand on up and releasing the left hand on down, Pressing to the hands and feet, Lifting the hips up nice and high, Coming into that inverted V shape of downward facing dog. Begin to pedal out the legs, Bending through one leg, Reaching through opposite heel. Oh, It feels so good to just release and stretch out everything. So like I said, Think about, If you feel like you're not doing it enough, Think about the person that's receiving. You know, If you feel like, Oh, A dollar isn't enough. Think about the person who receives the dollar. If you're like, Oh, That listening wasn't enough. Think about the person who's receiving the listening. If you were in there, Don't you feel like, Are we that hard on ourselves? Let's be for real. We would probably be grateful. We'd be like, Hey, We were in knowledge. Oh, That was really kind. Hey, There's a little hope. The world isn't that harsh. And even in times when we make mistakes, It's like, Hey, Mistakes happen. It's not intentional. Honoring that as well. Take a nice big deep and hope. And exhale. Grounding down through the left foot, Sweep the right foot up towards the ceiling. And can you see if you can send the right knee on down to the center of the yoga mat? You can choose to stay here. Sending the right hand to center, Pivoting the left heel on down and rising on up. If you want to come a little bit deeper, We can go ahead, Come back into that three-legged dog, Pushing up and back, Hugging the right knee on in, And then again, Threading the needle this time with the foot, Sending the right foot underneath the left side of the body, Pivoting that left heel on down, Reaching that right hand on up. Taking a nice big deep inhale. And exhale. Last big deep breath here and exhale release and release it on down taking into the opposite side inhaling the left foot on up and three-legged dog bending the left knee and then see if you can send the left knee on down to the yoga mat Sending the left hand in front of the left knee, Pivoting the right foot on down. Rising that right hand on up. Ahhhh. You can choose to stay here or take it in a step further grounding down through the fingertips back to three-legged dog And then hug the left knee on in, Send the left hand to center, And thread the needle with the foot. Left foot comes forward, Rising on up. Opening up in the chest inhaling And exhale, Slowly come back, Release. I asked with a head gas. Sway the head no. No judgment, No criticism, No holding on. Walk the hands towards the feet this time. Coming into forward fold, We're going to. . . Cleanse our aura or fluff off our aura. Brush off our feet. With our hands gently brushing off our shins or calf muscles. Her glute muscles, Her legs. As we slowly rise to standing. Brushing off our pelvis or lower back or hips. Our belly, Brushing up our heart and our arms, Brushing it all off. It's not ours to carry. We don't have to carry the whole world. That's a savior complex right there. We don't need that. We just need to do our best. Be a good person. That's it. And if her best wasn't enough in someone's eyes, That's not on us. Because our best is our best. Shake it out. Shake out the right leg. Shake out the left leg. Shake out. Release the day. Blumber the lips to release the jaw. Brrrr! Brrrr! Beautiful, Guys. Finding stillness, Finding groundedness, As we come to slow it on down even more. Taking a nice big deep and now sweeping the arms on to the side. I exhale to swan dive all the way on down. Walk the hands on back. Downward facing guitar. Let's go ahead, Bring the knees on down and sweep the legs in front. Let's take a forward fold practice here. My favorite forward fold, Bhatta Konasana. I don't know if it's meant to be butterfly pose, Badakonasana. To be honest, All these Sanskrit words like Badakonasana, Uttanasana, Adho Mukha Svanasana, You know, Those. . . Are sanskrit words for poses but people are actually still and historians are still trying to figure out like What came first, The yoga or the pose? The pose or the philosophy of yoga? They're still trying to learn about it, But let me know in the comments. If you know a little bit about it. Inhaling as you send the soles of the feet together, Reaching from the tailbone to the crown of the head, Rising on up. And exhale, Setting the heart on down to the soles of the feet, Sending the chin towards the chest, Closing the eyes. Oh my goodness. A nice big deep and hug. And exhale. Breathing in and sighing out. Our neighbors are shoveling the blizzard storm. I heard one of them say snowman. Bring it back to that innocence. Butterflies are a symbolism of transformation, Metamorphosis. And remember, Every challenge we go through, Every interaction, Every moment, It's an opportunity for metamorphosis, For growth, For transformation. We are butterflies. We're going to cocoon phase. And we blossom out of it and then we slowly come back in. Like phases of the moon and those cycles. Honoring those phases, Honoring the deep transformation. And you're ready now to rise all the way on up. Last move, Reverse tabletop with lion's breath. I love this at the end of the day. Oh my goodness, I love this. So feel free to ground down through the fingertips as well as the hands. Fingertips are pointing towards the heels of the feet. Knees are hips distance apart. Slight bend in the elbows and see if you can just press in the hands and feet and lift the hips. You don't have to go too high. It could just be a little bit off the yoga mat. If you want to press and come a little bit higher, It'll be more of like a tabletop pose. And just take a nice big deep inhale. Exhale, Stick the tongue out, Sigh out lion's breath. Inhale to lower the sit bones on down. Exhale to press into the hips, Lifting on up lion's breath. Last time, Inhale to lower. And exhale, Press and lift. Bye. Or just lower on down. Come on to the back. Hopefully we release our day with the last and final reclined. Twist hugging the knees in towards the chest tracing circles on to ceiling. One way And then the other. Bring the feet on down. Scooching the hips over to the left. Allowing both knees to fall on over to the right. Maybe bring the hands. Up and over oh my goodness A twist after a long day is so rewarding. Even just if you wish to bring it a little bit deeper, Placing that right side of the foot onto the left knee. Taking it into the opposite side releasing the right on down scooching the hips over to the right and twisting on over to the left Maybe placing the side of. . . The left heel onto the right ankle. When you are ready, Slowly releasing the left foot on down, Bring the knees back to center. And give yourself one more compassionate hug, Thanking yourself for all that you do, For all that you are. Clean slate. Breathing on in. Sighing on out. Releasing the feet and the legs on down, Releasing it all down. Let's do a hold and release exercise so we get a sense of what we're holding on to. Any emotions, Anything that's stuck with you, Anything you wish to release, Take a nice big deep. Inhale. Really tense up the feet. The glute muscles draw the navel in. Make fists with the hand. Maybe send the shoulders up towards the ears. We're in tension. We're in tension. We're like, Oh my God, Like we don't want someone to touch us. We're in tension. Then we're like squeezing. We're squeezing our mouth. Like we tasted like a sour lemon. We're like, Oh my God, That's so sour. And we purse our lips and we're tense. Inhale. And exhale, Sigh it out, Let it go. The slate is clean. We are recalibrating. Recalibrated It's okay to acknowledge the world. To be a part of the world and still need to let. It'll go. Emotions can become like things we carry with us on the journey. And there are some things we just can't take with us or keep with us. In the capacity they are at when we receive the thing. We can let things go. We can. . . Honor it in a seashell. Letter to ourselves, A picture, A photo. Memory we take with us on the journey But it is not just okay to move on. It is your birthright. Grow from it, To live from it. To weave it into. How you grow how you wish to move on to live So visualizing maybe that you're again releasing it all into the earth. Maybe it transforms into a flower. Maybe again, Clean slate. You don't take anything at all. Maybe it's a seashell you put in your pocket. Were key. And put in your heart. For now, I'm choosing a clean. You can stay here for as long as you wish. But if you wish to close the practice with me. Maybe end your day. Read a delicious book. Take a nice end of the day bath or shower to close your ritual, Journal, Or have a nice meal, Whatever it is. Feel free to wiggle your fingers, Your toes. Roll onto your side. Cradling the head, Resting there for a moment, Thanking yourself for all that you do, For all that you are. And coming to rise all the way on up. Noticing how you feel now versus when you first began your practice and honoring your journey with the remembrance. That part of living is experiencing like ocean waves washing over you or clouds passing in the sky. And then the next moment, The next chapter, Doesn't mean those past things don't matter. Or that we ignore. In reality, We are acknowledging and we are truly living. Like we are dancing with life and emotions, The hard and the beautiful. The chaotic and the serenity all in one. So at that, My friends, I thank you again for joining me on your practice. Bring the hands to prayer. Thumbs connecting to the heart. May you have an amazing rest of your evening, And I will see you next time. Om Shanti Shanti Peace. Namaste, My friends.