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Pose: Garland Pose/Malasana (aka Crow Pose)
Meditation: Jeremiah 17.8:They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit. |
Pose: Forward Fold
Meditation: Ephesians 3:16-17: May you be strengthened in your inner being with power through the Spirit, and may Christ dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. |
Pose: Head to Knee Pose
Meditation: Isaiah 27.6: In days to come* Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots, and fill the whole world with fruit. |
Pose: Tree Pose
Meditation: Psalm 1:3-They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. |
Pose: Cow Face Pose
Meditation: John 3.4: Nicodemus said to Jesus, ‘How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?’ |
Pose: Goddess Pose
Meditation: Genesis 1, abridged (First Creation Story) Pose: Seated Wide angle pose
Meditation: Isaiah 66.9: Shall I open the womb and not deliver?says the Lord; shall I, the one who delivers, shut the womb? says your God. |
Pose: Seated Twist
Meditation: Love is as strong as death, passion as fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame. (Song of Songs 8:6) |
Pose: Boat Pose
Meditation: In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength. (Isaiah 30:15) |
Pose: Reclining Heart Opener
Meditation: Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; my body also rests secure. |
Pose: Cobra or Sphinx Pose
Meditation: [Hannah prayed and said] My heart exults in the Lord; my strength is exalted in my God. (1 Samuel 2:1) |
Pose: Bow Pose or Locust Pose
Meditation: Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! (Psalm 27:14) |
Pose: Plow Pose
Meditation: God, you have been my help. In the shadow of your wings I sing for joy. (Psalm 63:7) |
Practice: Gentle Head Circles
Meditation: Singers and dancers alike say, 'All my springs are in you.' (Psalm 87:7) |
Pose: Upward Dog Pose
Meditation: My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make melody. Awake, my soul! (Psalm 108:1) |
Pose: Any seated forward fold w/forehead support
Meditation: You desire truth in my inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart (Psalm 51:6) |
Pose: Downward Dog
Meditation: I have good advice and sound wisdom; I have insight, I have strength. (Proverbs 8:14) |
Pose: Child's Pose
Meditation: And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight. (Philippians 1:9) |
Pose: Seated Pose
Meditation: O Wisdom, coming from the mouth of the most high, spanning the world in power from end to end, ordering all things for good: Come and teach us the way of knowledge. Amen. |
Practice: Channel Cleaning Breath
Meditation: What are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? Yet you have made them little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honour. (Psalm 8:4-5) |
Practice: Conqueror Breath
Meditation: When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. (Acts 2:1-3) |
Pose: Standing Wide Leg Forward Fold
Meditation: God redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with steadfast love and mercy. (Psalm 103:4) |
Pose: Corpse Pose
Meditation: And now bless the Lord who has crowned you with glory. (Ecclesiasticus 45:26) |