Colleen Saidman Yee's Yoga for Inner Peace

Colleen Saidman Yee, who leads Yoga Journal's upcoming Yoga for Inner Peace online course, discusses the importance of letting yourself feel sad, and demonstrates a sequence to release grief and other festering emotions. https://www.yogajournal.com/practice/yoga-for-inner-peace-12-poses-to-release-sadness

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Mountain Pose (Tadasana)

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Step 1 Stand with the bases of your big toes touching, heels slightly apart (so that your second toes are parallel). Lift and spread your toes and the balls of your feet, then lay them softly down on...

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Upward Salute (Urdhva Hastasana)

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Step 1 Stand in Tadasana. Turn your arms outward (or laterally) so your palms face away from your torso and thumbs point backward. With an inhale, sweep your arms out to the sides and up toward the ...

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Standing Forward Bend (Uttanasana)

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Step 1 Stand in Tadasana, hands on hips. Exhale and bend forward from the hip joints, not from the waist. As you descend draw the front torso out of the groins and open the space between the pubis a...

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High Lunge

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Step 1 From Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend), bend your knees and, with an inhale, step your left foot back toward the back edge of your mat, with the ball of the foot on the floor. Step back far e...

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Downward-Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana)

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Step 1 Come onto the floor on your hands and knees. Set your knees directly below your hips and your hands slightly forward of your shoulders. Spread your palms, index fingers parallel or slightl...

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Plank Pose

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Step 1 Kneel upright, with your knees slightly narrower than hip width apart and your hips, shoulders, and head stacked directly above your knees. With your hands, press down against the back of you...

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Four-Limbed Staff Pose (Chaturanga Dandasana)

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Step 1 Perform Adho Mukha Svanasana, then Plank Pose. Firm your shoulder blades against your back ribs and press your tailbone toward your pubis. Step 2 With an exhalation slowly lower your torso a...

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Upward-Facing Dog Pose (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana)

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Step 1 Lie prone on the floor. Stretch your legs back, with the tops of your feet on the floor. Bend your elbows and spread your palms on the floor beside your waist so that your forearms are relativ...

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Child's Pose (Balasana)

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"Step 1 Kneel on the floor. Touch your big toes together and sit on your heels, then separate your knees about as wide as your hips. Step 2 Exhale and lay your torso down between your thigh...

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Reclining Bound Angle Pose (Supta Baddha Konasana)

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Step 1 Perform Baddha Konasana. Exhale and lower your back torso toward the floor, first leaning on your hands. Once you are leaning back on your forearms, use your hands to spread the back of your p...

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Fish Pose (Matsyasana)

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Step 1 Lie on your back on the floor with your knees bent, feet on the floor. Inhale, lift your pelvis slightly off the floor, and slide your hands, palms down, below your buttocks. Then rest your bu...

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Bridge Pose (Setu Bandha Sarvangasana)

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Step 1 Lie on your belly with your hands alongside your torso, palms up. (You can lie on a folded blanket to pad the front of your torso and legs.) Exhale and bend your knees, bringing your heels as ...

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Easy Pose (Sukhasana)

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Step 1 Fold a thick blanket or two into a firm support about six inches high. Sit close to one edge of this support and stretch your legs out in front of your torso on the floor in Dandasana (Staff ...