In honor of the Memorial Day holiday weekend, I present you with a sequence of yoga poses designed to help with hangovers! (Or, if you prefer, to help with headache pain and remove toxins from the body.)
- begin in child’s pose (briefly! and don’t just stay there!)
- rabbit pose to start the warm-up
- come up to all fours for some cat/dog tilt (also called cat/cow)
- thread-the-needle side stretches
- step forward and up to standing (yes, really, it will do you good)
- 2 rounds of half sun salutes
- 2 classic sun salutations (nice and slow now!)
- standing sequence: warrior 1, warrior 2, radiant warrior, triangle pose, revolved triangle
- standing sequence, other side
- tree pose for balance
- come to the floor for cobbler pose and paschimottanasana
- marichyasana and janu sirsasana with a twist (these seated twists will wring the toxins out of your internal organs)
- if time allows, take another seated twist (for example, adding a twist to a simple cross-legged pose)
- inversion: legs-up-the-wall (no need to get complicated here, your head’s throbbing enough already)
- sivasana (and maybe a nap)
I hope this sequence helps you have a terrific weekend! I’ll be trying it out on at least a few friends, so I’ll let you know how it goes!
If you’d like to read more about how yoga can help a hangover and learn why I chose these particular poses for this sequence, check out this article in the New York Times and this post at Elysium Yoga.
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