Yoga To Release Anxiety And Stress _ Yoga For Beginners - Yoga With AJ _ Mind Body Soul

Hi , you're watching Yoga with AJ .

And today we're going to do a few poses .

Very simple , very simple movements as well to help you release anxiety or stress .

When you are under stress , the entire body goes into flight or fight mode , which means it's either getting ready to fight an enemy or run away from something that seems like a threat .

And this is an animal instinct left over from our caveman days .

So when we were cavemen , probably the threat would have been a predator trying to attack us or a natural calamity like an earthquake that we have to run away from .

But the same stress and the same stress response comes up when perhaps you're having an issue with your boss or you're having trouble paying the bills and the tension , the stress gets stored in various parts of our bodies .

So we're going to do something very simple and relaxing to release tension from those parts of the body .

For example , the neck and the shoulders , the stomach , and the diaphragm , the hips and the legs .

So let's get started .

So we'll start with our feet hip with the part just below each hip and inhale , bring the arms up .

Take a nice deep breath and exhale .

Slowly release .

Keep the knees soft , relax your body .

If you need to be higher up , stay higher up .

Inhale , stretch .

Only your head up .

Nice deep breath .

Eggs , inhale , breathe all the air out .

Relax the body in the hail to come up again .

Bring the hands together .

Look up eggs .

He bring the arms down .

Let's try that again .

Inhale nice deep breath .

Exhale , slowly , relax and fold forward .

Keeping the knees soft , inhale , pick up the head .

Lift up the chest a little bit .

Exhale , relax .

Let's come back up in here .

Ring the arms up nicely .

Breath .

Eggs , relax the arms one last time .

Inhale deep breath .

Listen to your breath .

He'll use the entire outlet to slowly go down in here .

Pick up the head and the jazz eggs .

He'll relax and he'll come up one more time .

Exhale , relax the arms and we come to the center of the mat .

Sit down for a while .

We're just going to focus on our breathing .

So rest your hands .

However , you like take a nice deep breath into the nose and exhale through the mouth .

Let's do that three more times if you feel like close your eyes while doing it .

Inhale through the nose .

Two more dates , pause for a moment , bring your awareness to your neck and we're going to make small half circles with the neck .

So just moving the chin towards your shoulder , right , or the left , any which side you want to start from and then go to the other side , gently moving .

And as you do that , try and remember what helps you to relax for some people .

It's lying down on a nice comfortable bed for other people .

It's being in nature , some relax with music or friends and come back to the center with your head , place one hand on your heart , the other on your stomach and just allow yourself to breathe , focusing on your breath and then closing your eyes .

Imagine a place where you feel relaxed , continue to breathe nicely .

It could be a place in your imagination , an imaginary place or it could be a place you've been to before .

It could even be your room where you feel very , very good and slowly relaxing your arms sticking them out to the sides and we're going to curl the fingers in .

So you bring all the fingers in towards the pads .

So where the finger starts the pad , you draw each finger in and gently press down .

You take thumbs up as if you're asking for a ride on a highway .

And we're just going to take the thumbs back as far back as you can without straining the shoulders and then back again the other way .

So back and back and you're releasing tension from the shoulders as we do this , continue to breathe just normally , maybe just three or four more times and slowly relax , opening up your hands as if you're throwing water from your fingers , sending energy out through your hands .

Relaxing the hands .

Sometimes when we are tents , we tend to move the hands into fists and we want to relax them , moving the fingers out as if you're throwing water from them and just take a quick shoulder roll in here .

Excellent .

We do tomorrow then inhale again .

Eggs as you relax and slowly moving onto all fours .

So imagine your place where you feel comfortable and relaxed and try to be one with that feeling of relaxation .

What is it about that place ?

That's relaxing and then taking the knees , he break apart , stretching the arms forward , take them as far forward as you can , keeping the hips up and just rest the forehead down , relaxing the shoulders in puppy poles .

And this puppy has been running around all day .

This puppy is tired and it wants to rest .

It's falling asleep in puppy poles .

We're going to stay there for 5 to 8 deep breaths every time you inhale , let the abdomen expand .

Maybe just two more breads there in puppy pos and slowly look up , slowly , come back onto your elbows , turn over and come onto your back .

That feels good just that way in Shabaan , relax the legs , relax the arms , relax the shoulders and see as you scan through your body , are you holding tension anywhere in your body ?

You don't have to keep the arms and the legs straight .

You can keep them relaxed .

However you like place one hand , any one hand on your belly button on your navel and focus on breathing by allowing the abdomen to expand when you inhale .

And if this feels good , you can bring the other hand onto your chest , allowing both to move as you inhale the stomach as well as the chest .

Try breathing out to the nose dribbles .

But if it feels really good and you want to relax your jaw and in to the nose to the mouth , open the mouth wide to relax the job one more time .

Continuing to do that abdominal breathing in Shabaa and bringing your focus into your toes now into your feet and your heels and your ankles , allowing these parts of your body to rest and relax , bring your awareness into your calves , your knees , the backs of your thighs , the fronts of your thighs all the way up into your hip joint and allow your legs to relax , completely , twisting the hands , relaxing the hands , raising the shoulders , relaxing the shoulder , bring your awareness into your shoulders , your neck and your face , relaxing your eyes , your ears , your nose and your mouth , and then just staying in that Shabaan for as long as you like .

So it would be best if you could perform everything we did today in sequence .

But sometimes it's not practical .

It's not possible because you're outside somewhere .

In that case , you can do everything in a modified way , just inhale , roll your shoulders back , exhale and relax into your chair or just practice the abdominal breathing that we did the deep breath in the stomach and the chest and that will help you to calm down .

As when I hope this video was helpful to you , stay connected to yourself and remember to stay calm .