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The primary earth sign of the astrological yr, Taurus embodies a grounded beauty and a profound connection to the physical body and the physical world. The steadfast and sensuous sign of Taurus embodies the archetype of the lover in an expanded sense, emphasizing the pleasures in life found by attuning to the entire senses and aligning with its core values.

Taurus has an attractive capability to be stable and slow in all the things it does, including relationships. It also finds empowerment in allowing abundance to flow effortlessly. Taurus tends to be a robust manifester of relationships, possessions, resources, and money.

Nevertheless, as with all astrological sign, Taurus has its shadow sides, and on this case, it tends toward possessiveness and overattachment. This might show up as holding on too tightly to material possessions, relationships and beliefs and even an overidentification with the physical body. When Taurus achieves balance, it ends in a steadfast groundedness, a harmonious relationship with one’s body, and a life stuffed with pleasure and love.

Taurus advantages from a yoga practice that indulges its affinity for slowness and being present with any sensations. You’ll be able to practice yoga for Taurus anytime you need to emphasize these qualities in yourself or when you need to align with the energy of the total Moon in Taurus or Taurus season.

Yoga for Taurus

Given Taurus’ characteristic stability and deliberate pace, a complementary approach to yoga embraces grounding poses practiced with intentional slowness. This beginner-to-intermediate level practice requires no props.

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Cat-Cow

Begin in hands and knees and and ground yourself, specializing in the sensations in your palms, fingertips, knees, shins, and feet. Close your eyes to deepen this connection. Explore what we are able to feel, smell, and listen to. Maintain this awareness as you progress right into a slow Cat–Cow flow by rounding your back and allowing your neck to release after which arching your back and drawing your chest forward.

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Bird-Dog

From hands and knees, extend your left leg straight behind you while reaching your opposite arm forward. As you exhale, slowly and deliberately draw your elbow toward your knee in a crunch, rounding your back and contracting your abs to accentuate the concentrate on stability. Repeat this movement 2 more times on this side, inhaling as you discover length, and exhaling as you squeeze with a deliberate slowness. Slowly come back to hands and knees. Repeat on the opposite side.

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Downward-Facing Dog

From Tabletop, walk your hands a few inches forward, past your shoulders, and tuck your toes as you shift into Downward-Facing Dog. Crawl and steadily, perhaps adding a mild wag through your tail. Make this movement even slower and more sensuous, specializing in the delightful sensation of stretching and respiration deeply. Engage fully with the experience of every intentional movement, taking within the pleasure it brings to your body.

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Scorpion Dog

From Down Dog, lift your right leg straight toward the sky after which bend your knee and let your foot fall behind you as you open your hip. Breathe here as you concentrate on Taurus’s concentrate on the physical elements of your body and the world.

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High Lunge

From Scorpion Dog, step your right foot in between your hands at the highest of the mat together with your feet hip-width apart and lift your chest in High Lunge. Bring one hand to your lower belly and the opposite to your heart to anchor a connection to your body. When you’re feeling regular, close your eyes to deepen the attention of self.

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Standing Forward Bend

From High Lunge, step your back foot to the highest of the mat, keeping your hands connected to your lower belly and heart. As you inhale, reach your arms overhead together with your palms together. As you exhale, fold forward and slide your hands down your body, connecting together with your body and each losing and finding yourself in Standing Forward Bend.

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Squat (Malasana)

Out of your standing forward bend, take your feet barely wider than your hips and bend deeply in your knees. Bring your palms together in anjali mudra and press your elbows against your thighs to open them. Stay grounded in your movements, infusing a softness to avoid stiffness. Stay here for five slow breaths.

Return to Downward-Facing Dog, taking a vinyasa in case you like. Repeat on the opposite side, starting with Scorpion-Dog and moving through to a second Squat. Find your method to Down Dog.

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Pigeon Pose

From Down Dog, extend your right leg straight behind you and slowly bring your right knee to the mat just behind your right wrist. You’ll be able to experiment with the angle of your hip and knee as you select a snug version of Pigeon Pose on your body, whether which means staying upright, leaning right into a backbend, or folding forward. Take 5 slow and regular deep breaths here, allowing yourself to release into the bottom. Embody the anchored energy of Taurus during this pose, resisting the urge to fidget and maintaining a gradual presence.

Every time you’re feeling ready, gracefully release back into Downward-Facing Dog, preparing on your Pigeon Pose variation on the second side.

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Seated Meditation

Bring your knees to the mat, settling into a snug seated position of your selection. Close your eyes gently and rest your hands in your lap or knees. With the visual sense turned inward, notice any colours or patterns which will appear on the back of your eyelids. Shift your attention to every of your senses, paying special attention to the sensations in your body.

About Our Contributor

Kassandra Reinhardt is an Ottawa-based Yin Yoga and vinyasa yoga instructor whose YouTube channel, Yoga With Kassandra, has grown to 2.2 million subscribers and has greater than 230 million views. Kassandra recently released her guided yoga journal, My Yoga Journey: A Guided Journal, her each day affirmation card deck, I Radiate Joy, and her book, 12 months of Yoga.