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
Opening Stretch 🎶 Fantasy
Standing Poses 🎶 Love is Alive
Core Work 🎶 Money for Nothing
Leg Work 🎶 Say So
Arm Work 🎶 Holiday
Balancing Poses 🎶 Kick Push
Floor Work 🎶 Evan Finds the 3rd Room
Relaxation 🎶 Om
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.