SLOW FLOW for the hips

This practice is from my series of "SLOW FLOW" where I take plenty of time in each pose. This one targets the hips, offering both dynamic and passive ways to feel into your hips. My self-practice is mostly like this and I'm curious to see if it appeals to you. In a fast-paced, constantly on-the-go world, I want my yoga to offer me a pause - an unhurried reflection of what is moving through me. 

In this practice, we'll hold each pose for about a minute, but please feel free to come out of the pose earlier and work up to the full holds over time. This so not about mastering it or pushing yourself, it is primarily about slowing down and fully coming into your body ... well...into your hips in this case anyway. This practice is also about integrity, something that tends to get lost when we rush though our our practice (or life), it is about feeling the details from one moment to the next, applying the physical alignment cues as best as you can,  staying curious and interested in how you react and how the sensations in the body change during the longer holds. 
There is a famous saying from B.K.S. Iyengar. "The pose truly begins the moment you want to get out of it.". When you adjust your attitude to curiosity and self-love instead of pushing, striving and self-criticism, a slow static practice can really teach you volumes about your body and how it moves, about your mind and how it operates. If you're constantly on the go, this is a practice for you!  Stand in your integrity, in your truth! 

I've created a "cheat-sheet" also for this practice, a PDF file that you can use to print out and take with you for times you cannot be online. I've modified the sequence a little bit, I advise for you to do the video first and then use the sequence card for a deep offline hip practice. I have also created a hip-focused Yin sequence using the same poses. 

SLOW FLOW sequence card

Yin for hips sequence card