When your morning doesn’t go quite as planned, you can still make time to move, breathe and practice. Join me for 10-Minute Morning Yoga with moon salutations—a flowing sequence of side bends, goddess squats, triangle, pyramid, crescent lunges and Skandasana. We’ll move in both directions, finding a rhythm without needing to get everything perfect.
Inspired by the fall equinox, I guide us through the sequence before we connect the movements into a continuous flow. There are no chaturangas today, and I offer options to use blocks, soften the knees and keep your hands on the floor during transitions. The symmetry of moon salutations gives us something to return our attention to, even when we lose our place—as I do, too.
Our closing card is “Truthfulness,” depicting a standing backbend, with the message: “Be a faithful servant of the truth.” I reflect on looking beyond our own experience for the wisdom a situation might offer, how perspective shapes what we see, and why, for me, love is at the heart of that inquiry.
Stay through the closing for an introduction to Hello, Friends with James Donegan, my upcoming podcast about the unexpected ways mindfulness practices influence our lives, art and work. The first episode arrives on the first Sunday of October 2026.
Hello, Friends with James Donegan:
📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPptw3ZyReY
🎤 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hello-friends-with-james-donegan/id6812423353
🎶 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2UYlXpxOTCQu0yODvUeMDj?si=3a51f5a6620f4abe
Chapters
00:00 When your morning doesn’t go as planned
00:26 Introducing moon salutations
00:49 Learning the moon salutation sequence
04:16 Letting go of perfection and finding the flow
06:43 One more round
08:31 Mountain pose and settling
08:50 The symmetry of moon salutations
09:20 Truthfulness: card and reflection
12:19 Hello, Friends podcast announcement
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Namaste.