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Floor Yoga for Back and Hips

A twenty-minute floor sequence with Bird Dog, Extended Puppy and repeated backbends, followed by a quiet finish.

The shape of this practice

20:00 total
  1. Easy Seat
  2. Tabletop
  3. Sun Salutation A ×4
  4. Vinyasa flow ×2
  5. Moon Salutation
  6. Cobra Pose
  7. Reclined Twist
  8. Corpse Pose
  • Warm up
  • Salutations
  • Flow
  • Holds
  • Cool down
  • Rest

Begin close to the ground and give yourself time to settle. This whole practice stays on the mat, moving between seated, all-fours and reclining positions. Let familiar poses be chances to listen rather than push. You can pause the timer, take a rest and rejoin when you are ready. When you reach Corpse Pose, let the floor support you for 2 minutes before you sit up.

The sequence

  1. Warm up
  2. 01 Easy Seat“Lift from the crown, not the chest” 1m 6s
  3. 02 Tabletop“Push the floor away” 1m 6s
  4. Sun Salutation
  5. Sun Salutation A11 movements · one breath each · 4 rounds 4m 20s
    1. Exhale Mountain
    2. Inhale Upward Salute
    3. Exhale Forward Fold
    4. Inhale Halfway Lift
    5. Exhale Knees-down lower
    6. Inhale Cobra
    7. Exhale Downward-Facing Do...
    8. Inhale Step forward
    9. Exhale Forward Fold
    10. Inhale Rise
    11. Exhale Mountain
  6. Flow
  7. Vinyasa flow11 poses · 20s each · 2 rounds 7m 20s
    1. Cat–Cow
    2. Bird Dog
    3. Extended Puppy
    4. Child’s Pose
    5. Sphinx Pose
    6. Cobra Pose
    7. Knees-to-Chest
    8. Reclined Hand-to-B...
    9. Bridge Pose
    10. Child’s Pose
    11. Sphinx Pose
  8. Moon Salutation
  9. Moon Salutation17 movements · one breath each 1m 30s
    1. Exhale Mountain
    2. Inhale Upward Salute
    3. Exhale Crescent
    4. Exhale Crescent
    5. Exhale Goddess
    6. Inhale Star
    7. Exhale Triangle
    8. Exhale Pyramid
    9. Inhale Low Lunge
    10. Exhale Garland squat
    11. Inhale Low Lunge
    12. Exhale Pyramid
    13. Exhale Triangle
    14. Inhale Star
    15. Exhale Goddess
    16. Inhale Upward Salute
    17. Exhale Mountain
  10. Cool down
  11. 06 Cobra Pose“Lift with the back, not the arms” 1m 6s
  12. 07 Reclined Twist“Let gravity twist you” 1m 6s
  13. Rest
  14. 08 Corpse Pose“Let the floor hold you” 2m 26s

What helps

Props that make this easier

  • Non-slip yoga mat A 4–6 mm mat with good grip makes standing poses steadier. View on Amazon
  • Cork yoga block Brings the floor closer in forward folds and supported poses. View on Amazon
  • Yoga bolster A firm support under knees or spine for restorative rest. View on Amazon
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