Think a yoga practice only counts if it lasts a full hour? Join me for a 10-Minute Morning Yoga practice built around making time to move, breathe and keep showing up. The ten minutes you do can be more valuable than the hour you don’t—and a daily practice can feel sustainable without being elaborate.
We begin with standing side bends and forward folds, then explore kneeling balance work, gate pose, low lunges and twists. From there, we build into high lunges, prayer twists, Warrior III and a standing balance challenge that opens the front body. I offer choices along the way, including continuing the movement even when your hand doesn’t reach your foot. Follow your breath and choose the expression that serves you this morning.
Card Pull
Today, two cards bring us back to care and consistency:
“Fuel”
Depicted pose: Utkatasana (chair pose)
Message: “Your mind and your body are a product of how you care for them.”
“Training”
Depicted pose: plank
Message: “Settle the fluctuations of the mind with practice and detachment.”
I started Ten-Minute Mornings to make sure I was practicing yoga every day in a way that felt manageable. Today’s reflection is about the difference that steady practice has made for me—and giving yourself credit for showing up rather than beating yourself up over what you didn’t do.
Chapters
00:00 A short yoga practice counts
00:23 Standing warm-up and side bends
02:06 Plank, cobra and downward-facing dog
02:45 Kneeling balance, gate pose and low lunge: first side
04:26 Kneeling balance, gate pose and low lunge: second side
06:10 Building the flow: twists and standing balances
07:43 Standing flow: second side
09:03 Rest and today’s cards: Fuel and Training
09:41 Making daily practice sustainable
11:55 Namaste and closing announcements
Practice live with me every weekday at 8:00 a.m. Eastern on YouTube—or join anytime on replay.
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Today’s cards are from the Yoga Wisdom Oracle Deck by Anthony Salerno.
Artwork by Pablo Romero.
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Namaste.