Ushas Yoga - A Dawning of Awareness

Yoga for Colds & Flu

Achoo! It's flu season. It's hard to stay moving when you are dealing with fever, aches, chills and respiratory problems. Here are a couple of sequences you can do together or separately to keep your lymph fluid moving a little to facilitate a quicker recovery. All of these poses can be done in bed! Keep the tissues handy to catch drippy noses.

YIN SECTION: noticing breath, non-judgment. With each breath, try to send energy to those parts that are complaining the most – nose, eyes, skin, belly, whatever.

• Downward Facing -Frog ~ 3-5 minutes

• Child's ~ 1 minute

• Side Twist – 3 minutes each side (Laying on Back, Knees Rotating Together to one Side)

• Deer ~3 minutes each side

• Anahatasana Melting Heart ~ 3 minutes

• Child's ~ 1 minute

• Caterpillar – 5 minutes

• Sphinx ~ 5 minutes

• Saddle ~ 3 minutes

TRANSITION

Happy Baby, 1 minute of free movement. Anything that needs to move. A few reps of Cat/Cow are great too.

RESTORATIVE SECTION

• Dandasana – Seated Staff Pose – 10 breaths

• Reverse Tabletop – 3 repetitions of 3 breaths each

• Janu Sirsasana – Forward Fold for 10 breaths on each side

• Baradvajrasana – Gentle Twist of your choice, keeping a relaxed neck

• Bridge/Wheel – Skip this one if you have respiratory issues that prevent comfortable breathing

• Legs Up Wall – Stay in this one as long as it feels good

• Child's Pose with Bolster

• Foot Rub – Use your favorite lotion or a warm towel with scented oils.

• Recline to Svasana, Inhale through nose, exhale through mouth 3-5 times, lions breath

• Svasana – 10 minutes

Happy Healing! Don't forget lots of fluids, warm lightly cooked foods and rest rest rest! Love, Anna