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WEEKEND YOGAPEDIA Yoga Flow: Calming & Grounding 

This yoga flow will make you more responsive to relaxation. It adheres to a natural transformation of your thoughts and bodily movements.

Before you begin- Set the objective to open your mind and body in order to relax. Create a comfortable environment and bring back your focus. When you are conscious of the process and in tune with your senses, the effects of these poses are enhanced.

1. Uttana Shishosana (Puppy Pose)

Extended Puppy Pose: With shoulder, stretch Start in Tabletop. Place your forearms on the mat with the palms flipped up toward the ceiling. Keeping your arms firmly planted, begin to walk your knees back until your arms are fully outstretched. Rest your forehead on the mat as you isometrically drag back on the forearms and keep the seat high. Let the day metaphorically slide off your back in this pose. Hold for 5 to 10 deep, slow breaths, or for as long as you’d like.

2. Parsva Balasana (Needle Pose)

Thread-the-Needle Pose: Return to Tabletop and find a neutral spine. On an inhale, lift the right arm high to the sky, opening the torso to the side while keeping your hips pointed down toward the mat. On the exhale, thread the right arm under the body, twisting the torso until the right shoulder and right side of your face touch the mat. Relax into the twist for 5 to 10 deep breaths, pressing down into the left hand to increase the intensity as you see fit. Repeat on the other side.

3. Pavanamuktasana (Wind-Relieving Pose)

Wind-Relieving Pose: Lie on your back with your legs outstretched and your arms at your sides. On an exhale, draw the right knee into the chest, holding the leg close to your body with your hands wrapped around the knee or shin. Lift your head off the floor, bringing it as close to your right knee as you can. Hold the stretch for 5 to 10 breaths while breathing into the back body. When ready, release the right leg and repeat on the other side.

4. Supta Padangusthasana (Reclined Big Toe Pose)

Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose: variation From your back, extend the right leg into the air perpendicular to the floor, grasping behind the thigh with your hands. (If you can’t fully extend your right leg, bend at the knee while keeping the thighbone perpendicular to the floor.) Flex both feet and keep the sacrum grounded. Hold for 5 to 10 deep breaths, and then release the leg. Repeat on the other side.

5. Supta Matsyendrasana (Supine Spinal Twist Pose)

Supine Twist From your back: exhale and draw the right knee into your chest; extend your right arm onto the floor at shoulder height while gently guiding the right knee across your body until your torso twists, keeping your shoulder blades pressing toward the floor. You might turn the gaze toward the right hand as you hold the pose for 5 to 10 deep breaths. Close your eyes, and turn your attention to the rhythmic flow of your breath; no matter how many different thoughts arise, keep returning to your breath. Use this to quiet the mind in preparation for a restful night of sleep. When you feel ready, complete the pose on the opposite side.

6. Sukhasana (Easy Pose)

Easy Pose: with meditation Come to a cross-legged seat on the front edge of a thickly folded blanket. Pull back your buttock flesh until it feels like you’re grounded through both sitting bones. Rest your palms gently on your knees or thighs. Close your eyes and bring your full attention to the breath. With each inhale, imagine that you’re calling back any of your power you may have unknowingly given away to others during the day. With each exhale, imagine that you’re breathing out whatever energies or attitudes no longer serve you. Stay with this meditation until you feel an inner sense of balance emerge.

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THE WEEKEND POSITIVE NEWS ROUNDUP

1. Six Indigenous reserves were created in Brazil

Following the creation of six new Indigenous reserves by the Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, large swaths of the Amazon rainforest are now shielded from mining and industrial farming.

The action effectively transfers control of 620,000 hectares (1.5 million acres) to indigenous groups; this is a tried-and-true way to stop deforestation, whose rates skyrocketed under the previous administration of Jair Bolsonaro.

Indigenous organizations praised the choice but argued that more reserves were required. The government had previously promised to establish 14 such sites, according to the BBC.

Since 'Lula' was re-elected, deforestation prevention efforts have increased in Brazil. To drive out illegal miners, troops were dispatched into the jungle in February. It comes after the president promised to stop the loss of forests.  

2. Big fish back in the UK...

A massive fish is being planned to return to UK waters.

Sturgeon were once a common sight in the country’s rivers, but overfishing and dam construction caused numbers to crash. They are currently in grave danger.

but possibly not for much longer. The UK Sturgeon Conservation Strategy and Action Plan, which outlines what must be done to improve the fish's situation, was just released by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).

ZSL claims that the key to increasing numbers is to restore migratory routes. In order to help the fish recover, the society will now collaborate with UK landowners to identify and restore habitats. It is modeled after initiatives in France and Germany.

According to Hannah McCormick, a conservation project officer for ZSL, "These ancient fish outlived the dinosaurs." "But all 26 sturgeon species are in danger of going extinct forever after being driven to the point of extinction. [Our approach] provides a sound, fact-based path forward for the species' restoration.

3.  Hero saves baby stroller on the highway...

In the town of Hesperia, California, a great aunt watched helplessly as a baby stroller was carried by a gust of wind toward a busy street.

It was then that a good samaritan loitering outside a car wash named Ron Nessman reacted quickly to avert the disaster—all the while his heroics were being captured by a surveillance camera from the car wash.

LEARN SANSKRITYoga (yoh -gha)

Yoga is derived from the Sanskrit word yuj, which means "to yoke" or "to unite." The practice seeks to unite the body, mind, and spirit, as well as the personal and universal awareness and consciousness.

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