Our Top Picks for Calm and Peace
Find your centre, quiet the mind, and embrace the gentle power of stillness through these deeply calming yoga poses.
We live in a chaotic world that is constantly in motion. Between work, friends, relationships, family, and everything in between, finding a moment of stillness can feel like a mini-vacation.
Stillness doesn’t always mean you are truly at rest. Sometimes, taking a moment to be still amid the commotion is a way to appreciate everything around you. Being still allows you to be mindful. Being still allows you to be present. Stillness opens the door to deeper awareness.
Here are 4 Yoga Poses for Stillness
Summer is a season for calm and repose. As fall approaches and with its new challenges and adventures at school, work, and home, practice these four Yoga poses whenever you want to feel the benefits of stillness.
Child’s Pose
Child pose may be our favourite Yoga pose of all time. This pose connects you to the earth. It calls to mind a time when you were smaller, when you had no cares, no weight on your shoulders, when you let the world wash over you. Staying in child’s pose for a few seconds or several minutes is a great way to relax the body and mind.
Forward Fold
Another basic position that is easy to overlook, the simple bliss of a forward fold in the middle of a work day or a stressful afternoon with the kids, is hard to overrate. There’s no need to change into your organic Yoga clothing when practising this pose; you can do it basically anywhere.
A forward fold lets you literally flip your perspective, take the weight off of your shoulders and back, and decompress. Enjoy a few deep breaths in this pose and practice it in quiet stillness, or let yourself rotate gently from side to side to deepen your stretch.
Legs Up the Wall
A variation on corpse pose, this is one of our favourite Yoga poses for stillness. Putting your legs up against a wall promotes circulation and helps alleviate stress. Yogis often recommend lying in this pose for 15 minutes before bedtime to promote more restful sleep.
Easy Pose
Taking a moment to sit on the floor with your legs crossed is one of the simplest ways to find stillness. Take a moment to make sure your sit bones are even, your chest is up, and your back is straight. Leave your hands gently resting on your knees, or bring one hand to your heart and the other to your belly. Feel your breath fill you up, and let all thoughts fall out of your mind. You’ll feel less stressed and calmer in moments.
Stillness is not about escaping life; it’s about meeting it with a calm, steady presence. These simple yoga poses remind us that peace isn’t something we have to search for far away; it’s always available within us, in the quiet spaces between breaths.
By taking just a few moments each day to pause, soften, and turn inward, you create space for clarity, balance, and true rest. As life picks up pace again, let these practices be your anchor, guiding you back to a place of calm, awareness, and inner peace whenever you need it most.
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