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Yoga Self-Care for World Yoga Day
World Yoga Day reminds us that yoga is more than just a physical activity. It is a ritual of self-care, where we take time for ourselves and nourish ourselves on a physical and mental level. Through regular yoga practice, we can reduce stress, boost our energy, strengthen self-awareness, promote concentration, and improve our holistic health. Practicing yoga every day is incredibly beneficial and helps us to leave behind the challenges of everyday life and find a moment of peace and retreat.
For your personal yoga ritual on World Yoga Day, our Oh Shanti Shop offers wonderful companions that will help you relax and create a harmonious atmosphere for your self-care moments.
How to create a sensory yoga ritual
Incense products like Palo Santo, incense sticks, and incense blends are particularly suitable for purifying the space before and during practice, and for finding inner peace through their balsamic scents. Our brain remembers recurring smells and thus automatically enters a relaxed state.
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Our eye pillow made of flaxseed and lavender is perfect for a soothing Shavasana after your asana practice or for meditations while lying down. For example, we also love to simply turn on our playlist and relax.
Essential oils such as Baldini can be dripped onto a tissue and placed in front of your yoga mat, so you can inhale the lovely scent during practice. Alternatively, the oil can be applied to your temples during meditation or to your hands or chest during breathing exercises.
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Gemstones are powerful companions for your meditation or as support in your pocket during challenging situations. In our Oh Shanti Shop, you'll find various gemstones that you can use for different purposes. You can find out what each stone stands for and how to best charge and clean healing stones in our blog article "Gemstones: Their Effect & Application".
If your head is too full, it's good to let all your thoughts flow into a notebook, without worrying about capitalization, lowercase letters, or punctuation. With this method, you can create order and then begin your yoga or meditation practice.
Affirmation cards are wonderful sources of inspiration for the start of the day or are also great for beginning a self-care ritual and thereby setting a direction or intention. You can draw a card at random, without focusing on the theme. Most of the time, the themes fit our current challenges perfectly, or they provide space for areas that we pay too little attention to.
A guide for your Self-care Yoga Ritual on World Yoga Day
- Prepare an undisturbed space with your yoga mat or meditation cushion.
- Turn on our Oh Shanti Playlist to get into a peaceful mood and prepare for your yoga ritual.
- Light candles and use incense to cleanse the space and enter a relaxed state.
- Draw a card from the Affirmation Card Set to find a theme for your yoga ritual or set any intention.
- Bring your hands together in front of your heart, connect with the intention, and begin your yoga practice with an OM.
- If you are experienced in yoga, you can simply follow your intuition and flow through your favorite asanas in a yoga flow, or you can use our wonderful 10-minute video for a relaxed back:
- For Savasana or meditation, we have a wonderful video for you to practice gratitude with Maike:
Oh Shanti - Guided Meditation Gratitude from Oh Shanti on Vimeo.
Before you relax in Savasana, you can massage some essential oil onto your temples and place your eye pillow over your eyes to completely let go and relax. - If you feel inspired, you can note down insights, ideas, or questions before ending your ritual.
- Finally, bring your hands back to your heart, reconnect with your intention, and end the practice with an Om.
- Bow to yourself in gratitude and love.
We wish you a wonderful World Yoga Day and much joy with your personal Self-care Yoga Ritual. Focus on your soul. Namaste.
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