05 Nov Morning Stretch Week 4: Mindful Stretching
You’ve worked hard these past three weeks! We started with beginner stretches with no equipment, moved into more intermediate stretches with our bands and blocks, and advanced onto the aerial hammock. Now it’s time to relax and indulge in some mindful stretching.
For two of this week’s videos, you’ll need a yoga wheel. This helps us with warming up our bodies and working on our backbends.
While you wait for your wheel, feel free to rearrange these videos however you’d like. Not all of them require equipment! Now get ready and stretch.
Mindful Stretching Routines
Day 1: 15 MIN Morning Stretch – Warming up with Yoga Wheel
In these 15 minutes, we take out the yoga wheel for a 15-minute warm-up stretch to kick start our morning. We start our mindful stretching practice by sitting down and slowly waking up our spine before moving into using the wheel.
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Day 2: 15 MIN Morning Stretch – Yoga Wheel For Back Bend
Let’s bring out the yoga wheel to work on our back bends for these 15 minutes. Similar to the previous day’s practice, we’ll start with warming up our bodies. No matter what tools we use, it’s always beneficial to warm up first.
Day 3: 15 MIN Morning Stretch -Wall Stretches for Back Bend
In this 15 minute mindful stretching routine, we grab some space in front of a wall to practice our backbends.
Day4: 15 MIN Morning Stretch – Sitting Stretches for Stress Relief
After the intense stretches from the last few videos, let’s do a 15 minute sitting routine to gently stretch out the tension we may have.
Day 5: 15 MIN In Bed Morning Stretch to Energize
In this mindful stretching routine, we stretch laying down for 15 minutes. You can do this stretch in bed or on a giant mat as I do in the video. Choose what makes you feel the most comfortable.
Day 6: 10 MIN Morning Stretch – Stress Relief with a Partner
If you’ve been following the morning stretch challenge for the entire month, it’s time to encourage those that have been watching on the side to join you. Let’s share the fun with a 10-minute partner stretching routine.
Have you completed the challenge?
This past month, we’ve stretched without equipment, with our bands and blocks, on our hammocks, with our yoga wheels, with a partner, against the wall, and in bed.
Now that you’ve completed the challenge, I hope you maintain this amazing habit of stretching every morning. Whether it’s re-starting this challenge, following Top10 stretches, or incorporating what else feels good to you, I’m excited to see how your flexibility helps with your aerial practice.
Recommended:
- Week One: No Equipment Stretches
- Week Two: Pilates Band and Yoga Blocks Stretches
- Week Three: Aerial Hammock Stretches
- Week Four: Mindfulness Stretches – with Yoga wheel
The morning stretch challenge may be complete, but I have more challenges for you to come.