The body will tell you everything you need to know. It is your learning tool to help you heal your past pains, traumas, injuries, and self-afflictions that can sit in your body, creating tension, illness, and fatigue.
Fatigue can easily lead you to exhaustion. Fatigue and exhaustion can change the way you react to life. You may eat quicker less healthy meals and more snacks. You don’t make time for exercise or to be in stillness. You may act out of character and become short tempered.
The goal is to feel good in your everyday body – to feel good in your life. If you feel light, well rested, and open, you’ll have a greater day filled with positive outcomes and joyful interactions.
Yoga means “to yoke” and “union.” Moving your body while doing yoga poses makes you feel light. It brings you back into union with yourself. It increases your blood flow so your circulation is improved. It eases the tension out of the body and mind through the breath.
When you are calmer in your mind, you open to your senses. Yoga relieves fatigue; it activates vitality and nurturance to the muscles, joints, scar tissue, and energetic tension, which can show up as a dull ache or sensation.
Your everyday activities can lead you to a tired worn-out state. Task lists, worries, activities, social media, all media – you are in a flow of constant input. Your movement needs to be focused on releasing.
Yoga gives your body a sigh of relief. Through the poses, you lengthen your spine, stretch your extremities, and learn to breathe deeper. You feel more balanced as a whole.
Yoga Poses That Bring Balance and Rejuvenation
The following yoga poses can help relieve fatigue and make you feel more balanced as a whole.
1. Supported child’s pose
Child’s pose takes the pressure off your shoulders, torso, and spine. It creates openness in the hips and a deep calm to the nervous system. It’s great to do midday for a break or in the evening to unwind.
You can do supported child’s pose using a bolster or two blankets folded into thirds so your torso can rest completely on them.
How to do the pose:
- Come into a tabletop position with your shoulders over your wrist and your knees under your hips.
- Bring your big toes to touch and your knees the width of the mat.
- Place the bolster between your inner thighs and fold forward.
- Rest in this position for 5–8 minutes.
2. Cobra pose
The cobra pose energizes the body by improving blood circulation and reducing stress levels. (3) It is an uplifting backbend that strengthens your arms and back while being easy on the spine.
This pose also stimulates the organs in your abdominal area while relieving pressure from the heart and lungs to improve their overall function.
How to do the pose:
3. Butterfly pose
The butterfly is a nice gentle stretch on the inner and outer hips and groin. It relieves pressure off the spine and shoulders, leaving you feeling lighter.
4. Downward-facing dog
The downward-facing dog is energizing for the whole body. It stretches the spine, hamstrings, arms, torso, neck, and shoulders.
It is one of the most beneficial poses there is. It elevates your mood and provides relief. When practicing this pose, make sure to have a mat so you are safe from slipping.
5. Warrior II
Warrior II is a pose that gets the fire of action going in your hips, legs, heart, and arms. It builds stamina, energy, and confidence.
Warrior II can be done without any props; the pose can be modified while sitting in a chair.
6. Cat and cow pose
The cat and cow pose calms your mind and enhances blood circulation throughout the body to overcome fatigue. It stretches out the spine to make it more flexible while relieving pain and swelling in the back muscles.
The also works out your wrists and shoulders and is known to facilitate better digestion.
7. Corpse pose (savasana)
The corpse pose is a relaxing pose to be done at the end of a yoga session, wherein you just have to lie in a neutral position and breathe deeply.
You are supposed to cut off from your surroundings and focus just on your breath. This can help you let go of all the pent-up stress and fatigue, especially adrenal fatigue. Plus, the corpse pose helps you center your mind and build your concentration level.
Final Word
Yoga creates a pathway of circulation and openness in our bodies. Every day, your body is craving for a good stretch. Adding a short or long yoga practice in the morning, afternoon, or evening creates a pattern of commitment to feeling good.
Doing yoga every day will benefit the body, calm the mind, and create a balanced point of center from which you emotionally respond. There are many different types of yoga styles and classes. Find ones that work for you and make you feel good, well rested, and energized.