Snow Salutations Yoga | Part 2

Welcome to your Snow Salutations Yoga class!

See what I did there? No, it’s ok, I’ll explain below.

This video is part of the Skiers + Snowboarders Yoga Series. This series of videos, less than 15 mins long, shows you what I usually teach in my winter yoga class in Myoko.

Pss… If you’d like to check out the last video, Feel Good Warm Up Part 1 class, click here: http://bit.ly/skiersnsnowboardersfeelgoodwarmup  

This class is totally beginner friendly! For those of you looking for a vigorous yoga class, wait until next week for a deeper flow.

This will get you moving through a series of sun salutations. That I’ve called Snow Salutations, as that’s always want you want, when you’re a snowboarder or skier.

The sequence start with ½ sun salutations, which are perfect if you have any upper body injuries or sore shoulders.

Then moving towards full sun salutation sequence, you’ll breathe as you move, putting yourself in a moving meditation.

This will get you gently warmed up, circulating the blood flow throughout your body. You can do this before or after a day on the mountain

Sun salutations are exactly that, a salute to the sun, while also a salute to the self, moving through each pose mindfully, at a medium pace.

Being aware as you repeat the sequence of how you feel and keeping a consistent sense of awareness until the end, even if you feel a little tired.

For beginners the plank pose to chaturanga can be a challenge, if you have shoulder injuries or wether you have injured wrists.

I had this issue during my Yoga Teacher Training, with a bad right shoulder most probaly from waitressing.

Make sure to keep your knees on the mat while in Plank and in Chaturanga as you bend down, this will let you do the pose fully and save your shoulders from any extra strain.

I did this for a while and it really helped to put less pressure on my sore shoulder.

If you have bad wrists though, the best thing to do is to not balance on your hands in plank and chaturanga.

Make your hands into fists, rather than putting pressure on your wrists, you must press your knuckles down on the mat.

This is a super short warm up to lead to you to next week’s yoga class, where I will take you through a Post Snow Flow. Focusing on releasing tension from your hips, legs and stretching the hamstrings.

For the rest of the sequence, if you’re a complete beginner to yoga, take your time to breathe in and out through your nostrils.

It takes a while to connect the body and the breath, don’t worry too much and just do what feels good for you.

By the way, the location of this video is at Kurohime ski resort, over looking the Myoko Kogen valley towards Mount Myoko and its surrounding mountains.

Let’s talk. . . Did you try this yoga class? Did you enjoy it, let me know in the comments below!

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Its a Snow Salutation warm up before you go out skiing + snowboarding. If you’re just here, cos you’re curious and you’re in Myoko. Check out my classes around Akakura Onsen + Myoko here: https://nano-yoga.com/yoga