27/08/2026
A little piece of my morning practice in Morocco 🇲🇦
After months of having to rethink how I move, it feels good to just move.
No particular goal. No perfect sequence. Just exploring, playing, getting stronger and seeing what feels good in my body, today.
Child’s Pose with side stretch — Bālāsana
Opens: the side body — particularly the lats, intercostals and obliques.
Gently lengthens the spine and creates lateral flexion, while the hips remain in flexion.
→ A lovely way to bring awareness to the spaces between the ribs and into the side body.
Rolling Cobra — Bhujangāsana
Opens: the front body, particularly chest, abdomen and hip flexors.
Moves the spine through extension, while the rolling element encourages fluid spinal movement rather than holding one fixed position.
→ Mobilises the spine and opens the front of the body.
Broken Wing
Opens: chest, anterior shoulder and upper arm, with some rotation through the thoracic spine.
Combines shoulder positioning with spinal rotation.
→ Creates space across the front of the shoulder and chest.
Sphinx — Sālamba Bhujangāsana
Opens: front body and chest, with gentle opening through the abdomen.
Creates supported spinal extension and encourages movement into the thoracic/lumbar spine.
→ A gentler backbend that wakes up the posterior chain while opening the front body.
Single-leg twist from Sphinx
Opens: side body, abdomen and hip flexor region.
Combines spinal rotation and extension, creating movement through both the spine and hip.
→ A nice transition from simply opening the spine into exploring rotation.
Locust + block pass — Śalabhāsana
Opens: the front of the shoulders and chest as the arms travel overhead/back.
Strengthens the back body — spinal extensors, glutes and hamstrings — while challenging shoulder mobility and coordination.
→ As we lift, we strengthen the posterior chain — the muscles that support us from behind — while opening through the anterior chain, the front of the body.
Toe squat + back bind — Prapada Āsana variation
Opens: the front of the ankles and feet through deep plantarflexion, while the b
