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DATE: 2024-06-18
TITLE: Gentle Lunar Flow: A Guide to Moon Salutations
DECK: Embrace a calming yoga practice with Moon Salutations, a gentle option to Sun Salutations for grounding and relaxation.
AUTHORNAME: Anya Petrova
AUTHORBIO: Anya Petrova is a yoga instructor and wellness writer based in Ojai, California.
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PRIMARYKEYWORDS: Moon Salutations, Yoga Flow, Gentle yoga, Lunar Yoga, Calming Yoga, Grounding Yoga
AUDIENCE: Yoga enthusiasts seeking relaxation
TONE: Calm, informative, encouraging
DATELINELOCATION: OJAI, Calif.
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Gentle Lunar Flow: A Guide to Moon Salutations
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Embrace a calming yoga practice with Moon Salutations, a gentle alternative to Sun Salutations for grounding and relaxation.
By Anya Petrova
For moments when you need a more gentle and flowy practice, a Moon Salutation may be the perfect choice. This sequence offers a lunar-inspired alternative to the more common Sun salutation.
Like the moon, Moon Salutations provide a yin complement to the yang of customary Sun Salutations. While some prefer to practice them during a full moon, yoga instructor and astrologer LAURA BLACK suggests a broader approach that aligns with all phases.
“Moon salutations are practiced when we need a calming,grounding effect to our warm-up,such as under a dark moon or an evening practice,” says BLACK. This mini flow encourages movement around your mat and incorporates goddess energy thru the inclusion of goddess Pose. Consider the wide squat as your neutral position, akin to Downward-Facing Dog in a Sun Salutation.
As with Sun Salutations,synchronizing movement with breath is key to this lunar flow. Feel free to pause for extra breaths at any point, embracing your intuition.
How to Practice Moon Salutations
Channel the moon’s phases by arching into crescents, expanding to your fullest expression, and returning to the beginning.
Mountain Pose
Begin with your feet together, arms at your sides, palms facing forward in blank” rel=”noopener”>Mountain Pose.
Inhale, press through your feet, and reach your arms overhead, bringing your palms together in blank” rel=”noopener”>Upward Salute.
Half Moon Side Bend
Interlace your fingers, point your index fingers, and bend to your right in a standing Side Bend.
Goddess Pose
Return to center, step your right foot out into a wide stance, facing the long side of your mat. Separate your hands, forming a V shape with your arms and an X shape with your body. Turn your toes out, bend your knees, and squat into Goddess Pose, creating a cactus shape with your arms.
Triangle Pose
Inhale, stand tall, adjust your feet so your right foot points toward the short edge of the mat. Hinge at your hips and lean to your right, placing your right hand on your shin, foot, or ankle in triangle Pose. Extend your top arm toward the sky.
pyramid Pose
Release your top arm and frame your front foot or shin with both hands, pivoting your back foot approximately 45 degrees and squaring your hips to the short edge of your mat in Pyramid Pose. Relax your neck and head.
Low Lunge
Lower your back knee, bend your front knee, and lift your torso for a blank
