Let’s play mermaids. Seriously.
This summer, instead of “doing” your yoga… what if you imagined your yoga?
What if your mat became a seashell throne?
Your breath — the sound of the waves?
Your heart — a pearl, ready to shine?
Welcome to Mermaid Magic — a heart-opening flow designed to help you move with softness, wonder, and a little bit of sea sparkle. ✨
🌊 Why Heart-Opening in Summer?
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, summer is ruled by the heart and the fire element — a time of expansion, play, and connection.
It’s also when your inner child is most likely to whisper, “Hey… remember how fun it was to be silly? To swim? To pretend we were magical ocean queens?” 🐚
Heart-opening flows help us soften into vulnerability, release emotional tension, and tap into joy. And really — what’s more joyful than pretending to be a mermaid for 45 minutes to an hour?
🌬️ How to Breathe Like the Ocean: Ujjayi Breath
Let’s add a little ocean to your inhale.
Ujjayi (pronounced oo-jai) breath is a calming, grounding technique often called “victorious breath” or “ocean breath.”
Here’s how to do it:
- Inhale deeply through your nose
- Exhale slowly through your nose while gently constricting the back of your throat — like you’re fogging up a mirror, but with your mouth closed
- You’ll hear a soft, wave-like sound in your breath — like the ocean is living in your lungs 🌊
Use Ujjayi breath throughout your flow to create rhythm, presence, and that underwater feeling we all secretly crave.
💖 Flow Like the Ocean
Ready to flow like a sea goddess? Here are a few heart-opening, mermaid-inspired poses to try:
🩵 Melting Heart (Anahatasana):
Imagine your chest melting into the sand, like you’re offering your heart to the sea.
🩵 Cobra / Baby Seal Pose:
Slither up slowly and open your chest — channel your most elegant siren stretch.
🩵 Wild Thing (Camatkarasana):
Toss your hair. Shine your heart. Flip your fin. This one’s for pure ✨drama✨.
🩵 Fish Pose (Matsyasana):
Let your heart float. Let your throat open. Let your inner mermaid sing.
🩵 Dancer (Natarajasana) with Mermaid Arms:
Shine your heart forward like you’re catching sunlight on the water.
🩵 Pigeon with Mermaid Arms:
Let your chest lift as your hips ground down. Release what the ocean no longer needs.
🩵 Reclined Butterfly with Hands Over Heart:
Sink into stillness, feel the sea inside your ribcage, and listen to the waves of your breath.
🧜♀️ I’ll be cueing “mermaid” throughout the month in class — so if this is something you want to learn or practice, come flow with me, mermaid!
🎶 Soundtrack for Sea Sirens
Create a playlist that makes you feel free and glowy — think dreamy instrumentals, ocean waves, or your favorite throwback songs from summers past (yes, even the Little Mermaid or Aquamarine soundtracks count). And you know I have a playlist coming for you soon. 😉
🌞 Come Flow With Me IRL
If you’re craving real ocean breezes and some community mermaid magic, come join me for:
🧜♀️ Beach Yoga & Sound Healing
📍 July 19 | Message me for time/location.
💸 Suggested donation: $15 (includes little goodies)
✨ BYO mat, water, towel, and mermaid spirit.
We’ll flow, breathe, and melt into a sea of sound — ending with singing bowls, ocean drums, and savasana under the sunset. Pure magic. ✨
💌 Final Mermaid Message
You don’t have to be perfect.
You don’t have to be “flexible enough.”
You just have to show up — salt-kissed, heart open, and ready to feel free.
So let’s roll around on our mats like sea otters, lift our hearts like dolphins, and flip our metaphorical fins.
Summer is for softening. For shining. For remembering the magic that’s always been inside you.
Let’s play mermaids. 🐚