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Sleep Better with these 3 Poses

Mukha Yoga
2 min readSep 2, 2020

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Big toes touching, knees out wide, reach toward the top of your mat. Spread your fingertips wide and sink your hips back into your heels. Press your forehead into your mat and roll your forehead from side to side, giving yourself a face massage.

Consciously connect with your breath and integrate into your rhythm of being. Inhale into the peak of your breath and rest at the top of each inhalation. Allow the exhalation to arise as a natural release. Breathe to the bottom of each exhale, pull the pit of your belly in and up to actively empty. Rest in your emptiness and witness the inhale surge forth without hurry. Repeat this full breath cycle at least 5 times.

Supine Twist (Supta Jaṭhara Parivartānāsana)

Lie on your back and hug your knees into your chest. Inhale deeply, exhale your knees over to the right. Bring your arms out into a ‘T’ position, both hands at shoulder-height, and keep both shoulders flat on the ground.

You can keep both knees bent, straighten the top leg, or choose to straighten both legs. To deepen the twist, adjust your tailbone, bringing your glutes further over to the middle of your mat, and straighten your back.

Let your chin fall to the opposite side, away from your knees. Breathe fully in and out 3–5 times before switching over to the other side.

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