As you exhale, draw in your lower and upper core muscles, hollowing out your stomach. As you inhale, fill your belly with breath. Start in a standing position with your knees gently bent and your hands on your knees. You’ll look weird, but you’ll literally feel yourself getting hot. If you feel like adding a little detoxifying in, take a twisted chair variation.Īgni Sara pranayama. Bring your awareness to those muscles, and see how the posture changes for you. In this pose, tuck your tailbone and really focus on your core. Try starting with your knees bent and then straighten your legs after a few breaths if you feel strong and steady.Ĭhair pose. There are two variations you can take: knees bent (gentler) or legs straight. Try keeping a slight micro bend in your elbow and lifting from the back of your heart space so you really get into your belly.īoat pose. Nothing lights a fire in your belly like a plank pose. Do as many as you’d like! And remember that you can always modify your high lunge by lowering your back knee for a less intense version. There are several different variations, but I recommend this one:
For a fire practice, you’ll want to start off with a series of sun salutations. To connect with the element of fire, you’ll want to do a power or vinyasa-style yoga flow focused on stimulating your core, where your solar plexus resides. Scroll down to get ideas for different styles of yoga, poses, and some breath work to connect with each of the four elements of the universe. If you’re feeling materialistic or too stuck in your ways you’ll want to balance the Earth element by working with its opposite, air.
None of them are either good or bad, and they each have specific, different properties.įire, associated with your solar plexus chakra, is connected with passion and inspiration. They make up all that is, everything we see around us, and everything we are. Fire, water, earth, and air are the four elements of the Universe.