08 Oct 2023

Birthday Beach Yoga and Breathwork

For my 40th birthday I organized a beach yoga class. I wasn't a certified instructor yet, but I had started my training. The playlist was designed to bring awareness to the breath and the beauty of nature. It was awesome!

The Flow

Guided Meditation 🎶 Kusanagi

Easy Pose
Easy Pose

Opening Stretch 🎶 Fantasy

Hero Pose
Hero Pose

Table
Table

Cat
Cat

Cow
Cow

Standing Poses 🎶 Love is Alive

Mountain
Mountain

Extended Mountain
Extended Mountain

Forward Fold
Forward Fold

Chair
Chair

Core Work 🎶 Money for Nothing

Tree
Tree

Boat
Boat

Butterfly
Butterfly

Stretching
Forward Fold

Leg Work 🎶 Say So

star
Star

Goddess
Goddess

Warrior II
Warrior II

Side Angle Pose
Side Angle Pose

Arm Work 🎶 Holiday

plank
Plank

Down Dog
Down Dog

3 Leg Dog
3 Leg Dog

Low Lunge
Low Lunge

Balancing Poses 🎶 Kick Push

High Lunge
High Lunge

Airplane
Airplane

Standing Split
Standing Split

Airplane
Airplane

Floor Work 🎶 Evan Finds the 3rd Room

Seated Twists
Seated Twists

reclined-twist
Reclined-Twist

Bridge
Bridge

Hug
Hug

Relaxation 🎶 Om

Shavasana
Shavasana

Notes

I had almost as much fun making invitations for the event as I did hosting it. Here’s the image I sent to a few friends to invite them. Most of the songs have a noticeable four count beat, so you can focus on inhaling for 4 beats and exhaling for 4 beats. I like to fluctuate between holding posing and flowing between poses. The icons above illustrate the static poses, but we also did things like pushups, knee-to-nose extensions, and squats in sync with the beat. I also chose songs with lyrics that matched the theme of “birthday, beach, and breath work” and I used the lyrics to guide the flow and meditation. Instead of setting an intention for the practice, we made birthday wishes, and we also drew hearts and wrote our name in the sand. It was a lovely practice.

The black and white yoga icons from created by dDara , monkik, Freepik , Vitaly Gorbachev, and Eideticmemo.

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