02/19/2025
The ground is frozen, the sky is heavy, and the world outside feels slow and quiet. Maybe today is not a day to push through. Maybe today is a day to soften.
If you're home, wrapped in blankets, listening to the hum of the heater or the crackle of the fire, here’s a simple yoga practice for winter stillness. No mat required—just you, a cozy space, and the permission to move gently.
✨ Winter Slow-Flow ✨
🔹 Seated Side Stretch – Sit cross-legged (or in a chair), reach one arm overhead, and lean to the side. Feel the ribs expand. Breathe into the stretch.
🔹 Cat/Cow in a Seat or on All Fours – Move with your breath. Let the spine wake up. Let movement be fluid, not forced.
🔹 Melting Heart Pose (Puppy Pose) – Knees down, arms stretched forward, heart melting toward the floor. Imagine the tension in your chest melting, too.
🔹 Supported Child’s Pose – Stack pillows under your chest, let your arms drape. Rest. Linger here. Let stillness be enough.
🔹 Reclined Butterfly – Feet together, knees fall open. Hands on belly or heart. Feel warmth. Feel presence.
🔹 Legs Up the Wall – Let gravity do the work. Let your breath settle. Let the day be simple.
❄️ Pause. Notice. Be Here. ❄️
The world outside is resting beneath a layer of ice and quiet—but beneath the surface, the earth is doing its work. Seeds are preparing for their bloom. Roots are stretching, unseen. Nature knows that stillness is not stagnation—it’s preparation.
Maybe today, your body is doing the same. Maybe rest is not inactivity but a quiet kind of growth. You don’t have to be productive to be transforming.
Just breathe. Just be.
