real life yoga: getting out of bed

I usually wake up before my alarm clock goes off.  I have a pretty good internal clock and I hate hearing the alarm in the morning.  What an awful way to wake up.

I have a small yoga practice I do every morning to get myself out of bed:

• full body stretch, really reaching through the fingers and toes
• happy baby
• hug the knees to the chest, exhale nose to the knees
• extend both soles of the feet to the ceiling with arms at T
• widen the legs
• hug knees to chest
• drop knees to the left
• drop knees to the right
• literally roll out of bed that way!
• when my feet hit the ground, I do a quick chest opener 

Ah!  Feels so good.

Here are a couple of wake up yoga videos:

Yoga Today Morning Wake Up Sequence

Do you have a wake up yoga practice?

Comments

[Heather]

I love this - yoga in bed. I will try it tomorrow!! Thank you ;-)

[Rachel (Suburban Yogini)]

I do some spinal twists and pelvic tilts first thing just to get my spine activated again. That really is all the movement I can cope with before shower and coffee (how yogic)!

[Kate Gallagher- The Practice]

No, I don't but this sounds so yummy...! I should definitely get in the habit of this.

[emma]

i wrote this one awhile ago:

http://thejoyofyoga.blogspot.com/2009/11/alidas-15-minutes-of-morning-yoga.html

[Babs]

Hey ladies! Thanks for the comments. I need a little bit of yoga in the morning because for me the worst part of the day is getting out of bed!