Turn Your Back To The World:

I’m officially giving you time out. Right now. You deserve it. Your body deserves it and your mind deserves it.

Withdrawing all your senses and your awareness from your immediate environment, just for a few precious moments, gives you many, many rejuvenation gifts.

child pose – photo by yogeek’s

Treat yourself by turning your back to world for 3 – 5 minutes, with a simple yoga pose called child pose or balasana.

No skills or yoga experience needed.

The child pose has saved my sanity many times. It’s encourages you to simply take some time out and let it all go.

The restorative benefits:

Your mind slows down, it’s got nothing to get distracted by
Your breathing becomes calmer
More blood is now flowing to your head for clearer thinking (now that’s got to be good)
Your heart is able to rest
Your spine stretches and lengthens which encourages the flow of energy
Your worries start to dissolve
Pressure “build ups” are released as you let go even deeper by spending longer in this pose
Your awareness is now focused on you, your heart and stomach area and what’s really important to you. Okay, so what do you want or need?

dejahthoris photo’s

As you can see in both photo’s your hands can be by your side or simply reaching out in front of you. You can even have a pillow under your head for added comfort.

Resting for as little as three minutes in this gentle pose will bring a sense of balance or harmony back into your being.

If you happen to feel any discomfort perhaps around your knees then its best to duplicate this pose whilst sitting in the comfort of your chair. Simply lean forward with your head resting in your lap and arms behind your back.

Enjoy, your time out and let me know how you go.

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What I’m loving at the moment:

Sarah Wilson, health practitioner, writer and TV presenter quit sugar as an experiment to support the health of her auto-immune disease. She noticed such a huge change to her health and emotions that she wrote an e-book about it. Not sure I could go 100% no sugar but it’s interesting learning about how dangerous and addictive sugar is.