The Inner Planets

Hi friends. Welcome. Today, we are going to bring in the inner planets astrologically. We have sun. We have moon. We have mercury. We have Venus, and we have Mars.

These are known as sometimes our personal planets, and they are known as the inner planets because they affect more of our day to day short term energies that we feel collectively And so we're just gonna bring those in through Asana, through yoga, join me at the front of the mat as you're ready. You can have your feet about hip distance apart, let your arms come alongside your body in tadasana, mountain pose. We, of course, first and foremost, have to bring in the planet Earth. This planet, we know so well. Spread into the earth, feeling your toes, feeling your heels, feeling the soles of your feet connecting down the weight of gravity holding you here.

And then from the feet lift tall through the crown of the head, let the shoulders roll back, let the palms flare out nice and wide, and then just feel the center of your body. Feel your core. Light up. And all the muscles hug all the bones. Eyes are softly closed.

So from the earth energy, we will call in the sun The sun planet is our basic identity. It is the light that moves through us. And as the sun shifts signs and seasons throughout the year, we can feel into how the sun is represented. So if you know your sun sign, you can think about some of the ways that yours on your identity, your purpose, your light shines, the brightest. Let's take about three deeper breaths here, inhaling. And exhaling. The breath is the prana, the life force moving through you as is the sun, your basic identity, the battery charge within you.

So we will, of course, move through some sun salutations. You can bring a prayer to the heart. On an inhale sweep your arms all the way up towards that sun, as you exhale bow through center gently fold forward, take a halfway lift, inhale flat back as you exhale fold and round. As you inhale rise back up, reaching through the arms, reaching towards the sun, exhale bring a prayer to your heart. Let's do it again.

Inhale a half sun salute, reach up. Exhale bow and gently folds. Inhale halfway up, offering your heart exhale bow and round. Inhale rise and reach arms to the sky, exhale a prayer to the heart. Inhale reach up, really feeling this light within you, exhale bow and gently fold.

Inhale halfway up, exhale fold and round. From here, let's step back to plank pose, knees up or down, spread your fingers nice and wide, and let yourself light up from the solar energy in your core center radiating in all directions down through the palms into that earth energy, letting the muscles hug the bones, buoyancy in the hips. Right? Feel the resistance to the gravitational pull that wants you to maybe go down onto your belly, but know you're gonna use your muscles. You're gonna use your strength. You're gonna use your breath and hold it a little bit longer. Feel that fiery light.

Nice and bright. One more breath. Good. And then back to downward facing dog. Let's hold here for just a couple breaths, maybe paddle out your feet, nod your head. Good. And then look forward between your hands, either walk or lightly hop feet to the hands.

Inhale halfway up, exhale fold and round. Inhale rise and reach, arms back up to the sky, to the sun, exhale bring a prayer to the heart. Inhale reach up, Surya Namaskar. A, exhale bow and fold. Inhale halfway up, exhale to plank pose, lower down slowly, chaturanga or to the floor, cobra or updog. And then back to downward dog, hold for three breaths.

And keep feeling the breath as that source of your life. Right? And without that beautiful sun, we would not be here. Would we? Also providing that source of life. Look forward, step or hop front of the mets.

Inhale halfway up, exhale fold and round. Inhale rise and reach arms to the sky. Exale a prayer to the heart. Good. Let's pause right here. Take a deeper breath.

Good. And now we will shift and call in the moon energy. The moon energy is the internal energy that we feel when we're alone, when we feel safe and cozy, when we feel permission to feel our emotions and to process this human experience. Right? So it's a little slower and it's a little softer.

On and inhale, just float your arms lightly up to the ceiling. And as you exhale gently bow and fold down. Inhale for a halfway lift, exhale fold deeper. Good. Let's step the left back. The left side is the lunar side of the body, and you can lower that left knee down gently on an inhale sweep your arms lightly up to the ceiling.

And exhale bow, hands come down. Good. Let's lift the back knee and step back to downward facing dog. Take a deep breath in. As you exh sail, lower the knees, chest, and chin. So you're gently coming all the way down to the belly. Take a baby cobra for the inhale and exhale lower it down.

Inhale, just push to the hands and knees and exhale go back to downward facing dog. Lift your left leg behind you, take a deep breath in. And as you exh he'll step that left foot all the way forward, gently lower the right knee down. And on an inhale sweep your arms back up to the sky, exhale hands come down. Inhale. Just lift the back knee.

Exhale step forward front of the mat, inhale halfway lift, and exhale fold softly. Inhale rise and reach. And exhale prayer to the heart. So these are lunar salutations, slower and steadier with a few more extra breaths. Feel that energy.

Inhale reaching up. Exhale slowly bow down. Inhale halfway up and exhale fold and round. This time, right foot back, big step, gently lower the right knee. Arms sweep up, inhale, exhale hands float down. Inhale, lift the back knee.

Exhale downward facing dog. Take a deep breath in. Exhale lower down slow, knees, chest, and chin. COBRA for the inhale, lift your heart, exhale lower down. Inhale hands and knees.

Exhale downward facing dog. Lift your right leg inhale. Exhale step it forward. Lower down your back knee. Sweep your arms up.

Big inhale. Exhale, hands come down. Inhale with the back knee. Exhale step forward, front of the mat. Halfway up. Inhale.

Exhale drape yourself back down. Inhale rise and reach, arms lightly float up, exhale a prayer to the heart. Good. Take a pause. Close your eyes. Feel the feels here. Maybe just labeling certain emotions that are present.

Maybe you can feel yourself slowing down, or maybe you feel resistance to slowing down. Let's take two more softer sweeter moon filled breasts. Good. And then from here, you're gonna sweep your arms behind you. Enter lace your fingers.

Squeeze them together, and let's start to channel a little bit of mercury energy. So a lot of us know the sun and the moon pretty well, and not so much mercury. Mercury is the planet of communication. We're gonna get into the neck by just leaning the head towards the left shoulder. And then you can kinda move your chin around and we'll just, like, open up the throat a little, maybe make some weird faces.

Keep your hand squeezing together. Take the head over to the right. And again, just a little movement for the neck. Keep grounding into the earth energy, the soles of the feet, the sun energy in the belly. The moon energy sweet soft breaths.

Now roll your head in a half circle or maybe a full circle like a planet, right, a sphere, a circle of energy opening the throats. Good. And then release your hands and maybe give them a little shake, and we'll bring a prayer back to the heart. And you can just listen or join me for one sweet home opening the vocal cords and Our center of communication. Mercury brings in communication.

Take a deep breath in. Feel the vibration. On and inhale, take your arms up to the sky. As you exhale bow and fold all the way down. Take a halfway lift, inhale.

Exhale step to plank pose optional vinyasa, chaturanga, cobra, or upward facing inhale, exhale downward facing dog. Take your right leg up and back. Let's bend the right knee and open the hip for a moment. Just feel into the hips. God, and then right knee to the chest up.

It through go warrior one. Ground the back heel, reach straight up with your arms. And then bend your elbows about halfway down and slide your hands behind your head. Hold your head here and just lift up through your throat, through your heart. Let your neck soften, let your face soften.

And as we hold the strong foundation in our legs and the earth energy in the feet, feel the heart opening up to this planet of communication, mercury. Right, where we get to feel into our thoughts, the thinking mind, what needs to be said. Right? And whether that's through words or creativity or even just processing in the mind, We open up to communication in all forms. We listen. And we receive the information. Let's take the hands behind the back slowly interlace your fingers again.

You can switch up your grip and come down into a humble warrior, dropping your head if that feels good releasing the neck again. And let's do an audible side. Take a deep breath in. Do it again. One more inhale. Releasing down. Good.

And then hands come to the earth. Step back to plank. Take an optional vinyasa, if you'd like, exhale as you lower, inhale as you lift through your heart, exhale as you go back to downward facing dog. Left leg comes into the air, bend the knee, open the hip, Take a few moments here. So you can hear your breaths.

You can hear your thoughts. You can listen to your body. Just really opening up this channel of communication in all forms, step your left foot through. Plant your right heel down warrior one. You'd be thinking of your arms like little antennas.

Right? Just reaching up, channeling the information. We'll bend the elbows as you're ready. Slide the hands behind the head, little hammock. Pause here. So sort of like the moon energy, mercury asks us to slow down and pay attention and really harness the thoughts that need to be heard and thoughts that need to be said.

And we kinda get to filter through, hopefully. Take a couple more breaths. Keep lifting your heart, strong legs. I'm gonna sweep the hands all the way back and release the fingers. Take a big inhale here and exhale, pour the chest down, humble warrior, and you can drop your head.

Let's take another audible sigh. Big inhale. Good. And then release. Hands come down. Step back to plank, one more vinyasa here, exhale lower, cobra or updog, downward dog or child's pose, you choose.

So we'll spend about five breaths just listening. Maybe one more audible side. Take a deep breath in. From here, we'll get to the front of the mat. You can walk or hop your feet up to your hands.

Take a halfway lift, inhale flat back as you exhale fold and round. Let's rise and reach the arms all the way up, and bring a prayer to your heart. I'd like you to hold your heart by placing one hand on top of the other. And now we're gonna play with the energy of Venus. And the planet Venus is where we feel love when we bring in the energy of love and romance and luxury and quality and care.

And so I want you to feel this place in your hearts, in this place of loving yourself first and foremost. And we will start to move into a little more of this a Venus enter energy. I want you to actually give yourself a hug so you can wrap your right arm over your left arm and just actually squeeze yourself a little tighter. Maybe this is the first hug you got today. You can spray your feet a little bit wider and sort of move through the shoulders. Like, make it a really juicy hug, you know, a real good hug.

Yeah. And then let's do the other side. So left over right and just keep hugging yourself. Maybe a little smile, nurturing energy here through Venus. Again, quality and care is the name of the game here.

So we have quality brass quality movements, long luxurious lingering movements, right, feeling to it. And then go ahead and release your arms alongside your body. Let's reach the arms all the way up nice and light for an inhale. And as you exhale, just pour the chest forward and down. Inhale halfway up. Exhale step your left foot back Good. Let's lower the left knee and wiggle that right foot over to the right.

You're gonna keep your left hand down and just gently sweep that right arm open. Feel the heart here. Banding, maybe even lean back into that right shoulder, take an inhale. And as you exhale, just lightly flap your right hand, right wing down towards your left hand. And as you inhale, flap it back open, And as you exhale, lightly tap down.

And as you inhale, open it back up. Good. Let's do about two more of those. Just moving with the breath. Again, really thinking quality and care and loving energy. Good. And then hold it up.

And place it down, wiggle your right foot in line with your left knee. So all the way kind of to the center of the hands here, and then pivot your left foot back behind you. And we'll come up for a warrior two on the knee. So we're gonna keep it a little low and slow and kind and get into the hips here, feeling into this right inner thigh. Good. Hold for a couple breaths. Spread your arms. Maybe even lightning up on your arms a little bit here. Good. And then we'll reverse it lightly reaching the right arm, reaching the right side of the heart again.

And then take it to a version of extended angle, leaning your right forearm into your right thigh. Your left arm floats up or over your ear. Let's take one more loving breath. And slowly come back to that warrior two formation on the knee. Good. Just gently cart while your hands down and pause there. You're gonna pivot your left foot back a little, wiggle the right foot slightly over and take an Artahane Munasana, a half split. Pull your right toes towards you.

Maybe be on your fingertips here or if you wanna grab blocks, you can. Little or big bend in that right knee, you're gonna move your spine like a cat cow, inhale the heart forward and exhale round in. Do it again. Inhale. And exhale.

So loosey goosey, gooey, lovey. Yes. Breathing. Alright. Now bend your right knee, lift your back knee, Step your way back to downward facing dog.

Just notice some of the shifts in your body. Take a big inhale and a luxurious exhale. Good. And then you can walk or gently hop your feet up to your hands. Take a halfway lift, really offering the heart here. And then fold and round.

Step your right foot back, big lunge. Lower the right knee and wiggle your left foot to the left. Right hand stays down as you sweep the left arm open, feel the heart here. Reach, reach, reach, really leaning into it. Maybe let your head sort of lean back as well.

Good. And then left hand down to the right hand. Tap it slowly, inhale, lift it back up into the air. Exhale. Really light, really slow, really feminine, really soft, inhale, open it back up. Two more, exhale.

Maybe close your eyes. Inhale. And exhale. And inhale. Good. And then left hand down, and you're gonna wiggle that left foot in, in, in, until it lines up with your right knee, kickstand your right foot slightly back behind you, and come up to that warrior two on the knee. I'm sort of leaning into that left hip feel the left inner thigh here, feel your arms, your wings spreading wide lightly. Right? So nothing is rigid.

Nothing is too tough. Nothing is too strong. It's just sort of in that mushy place here in Venus. And then we'll take that left arm up and reverse. Reach reach reach. Reach to the heart.

And then come forward extended angle, left forearm to the thigh, right arm reaches up or over the ear, lingering for one more breath, really savoring. Right? Coming back to a warrior, to sink in just a notch deeper, maybe, and cart while your hands down, we're moving to half split, wiggle the left foot over. Pivot the right foot back and just pull your left leg any amount straight back, fingertips, or blocks as you reach your heart forward on the inhale, and exhale gently round. Do that two more times. Inhaling. And exhaling.

One more time. Inhaling. Exhaling. Then the left knee, lift the back knee, step your way back to downward facing dog. You can pause here or maybe again a child's pose. And just soak up that Venus Energy for a few more moments.

One more deep breath. From here, we'll come back to downward facing dog. If you're not already, And you can take a walk or a light hop up to the front of the months. Take a halfway lift, flat back, and exhale fold and round. Rise and reach arms to the sky lightly exhale, bring a prayer to your hearts.

Maybe hold your heart again. So now we have quite the contrast. We'll move into Mars Energy, and Mars essentially is the planet of action of initiating, of being aggressive of going for something. So it's a very masculine energy and contrast to Venus. And in order to get there, I think we're gonna have to spread our feet, let our arms hang for a moment, and just start to move your feet and then move your arms and start to maybe do a little a little run-in place, right, a little non yoga move just to, like, get the energy going.

So whether you're a runner or not, right, I want you to feel this sense of, I'm on a race. I'm going after something. I'm gonna get there. I'm gonna take action. This is Mars Energy. Go. Go. Go. Go. Maybe close your eyes.

Maybe lift your knees a little higher. Right? Keep going. We're gonna get the heart rate up. Keep going. Keep running. Maybe feel and notice your breath here.

Notice the contrast. Right? Keep going. Keep going. Maybe smile, maybe laugh at yourself. It's all good.

We can do it. Yes. You can. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Maybe a little faster.

Right? It's that feeling of like, I'm just gonna keep going. Right? I don't have to see the whole staircase. I just have to take the first step. Keep going. I'm taking the first step. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.

Almost there. Alright. Land on your feet. Put your hands back on your hearts. Now what is the difference in your heartbeat and your breath? Alright. Let's bring a prayer to the heart and offer up an intention here.

What do you want? What do you need? What is asking you to go for it? Right? You need it. You want it. Ask for it, receive it, plant it in your mind's eye, plant it in your heart space, plant it in your palms. Let's take a deeper breath. Good. Let's find chair pose at the hips back.

I'm gonna stay strong here. Lift your left leg and start to cross it over to an eagle wrap, squeezing at your inner thighs. Take your left arm under your right arm. Full Garudasana Eagle here. Maybe you bring your elbows towards your knees and squeeze the belly.

Look at one spot out in front of you. Just like an eagle looks at their prey, see what you want, see what you need, and just feel that I'm ready to attack it. I'm ready to get it. Couple more breaths. Soft face.

We can still find ease in our efforts. And from here, let's stay strong in that right leg and swing that left leg back into a warrior three. So you can straighten out that right leg, reach that left leg back, keep the arms as they are, or you can reach them behind you or a lot or alongside the ears. One more full deep breaths. And then we're gonna take a big step back.

You can go crescent lunge or warrior one you choose, lift your heart here. Feel that right leg nice and strong. Good. And then we're gonna shift forward slightly and step back into that chair pose, maybe sit a little bit lower. Rise all the way up, inhale, exhale, bring a prayer to your heart. Other side, share a pose.

Sit your hips back, cover your right leg in the air. Start to cross it over eagle wrap, right arm under the left. Full eagle here, sit down low, hug everything into center. Feel your core. Feel your inner thighs, harnessing your energy.

Right? So it's a very energizing planet, but we need to harness our energy, right, and really direct it and focus it. And that's what balancing is so good for, helping us concentrate, helping us really pay attention. So look at what you need, look at what you want, see it out in front of you. Take one more breath.

Good. And then slowly unhook that right leg, sweep it back behind you. Keep rooting through your left foot Find your warrior three, your fullest expression here. Arms can stay an eagle wrap or reach forward or back. Two more breaths. Squeeze the belly.

Slow. Big step back all the way to warrior one or crescent lunge. Arms come all the way up. Hold it. Hold your strength here. Lift your heart. Lean forward slightly, stay strong in that left leg as you step forward to chair. Sit a little bit lower.

One more breath. And then rise up, inhale all the way to stand prior to the heart, exhale. Ah, feel that sense of accomplishment. Right? You did it. You showed up to your strengths.

To your breath, to your focus. One more time, just claim what you want, what you need, your intention. And I invite you to use the words I am or I have as though it already exists in your life. One more deeper breath. Alright. Let's just do a little recap of all the shapes.

Find your mountain pose Feel the sun, feel the sun radiating in you, and all throughout you this external expression of you, your light shining bright your basic identity, the battery charge of you, The US you, the unique you. Take one more breath. And then reach your arms all the way up. Take a big inhale and just lightly fold forward. Feeling some of that moon energy all the way down.

And let's just hold uttanasana. Hold this inner space, maybe grabbing your legs. Softening your head, your face, bend your knees any amount, and just hold yourself here, the moon, the inner space, the emotional world. The part of you that no one really sees, right, your safe space, your place to process and really feel the feels. One more breath.

Alright. From here, you're gonna spread your feet a little bit wider, heels and toes out. Let's take a melasana squat. You can have your heels up. That's okay. Hands out on the floor or prayer to the heart. And just feel this opening in your hips here and will channel Mercury Energy, the planet of communication.

Taking some time to just listen and breathe into the space of our hips. If you'd like to bring in an ohm here, that might be nice. To just feel your voice, softening your jaw, your face, or maybe even just an audible sigh, like a One more breath. Good. And then just gently straighten out the legs, wiggle your feet back together. Step your way back to downward facing dog, and lower your knees down.

Good. And then just taking a few cat cows here to feel some of that Venus energy just slow and steady and juicy and breath filled movements into the spine or maybe you wanna circle your hips around just sort of feeling into your body Savering all of these parts of you that you're working through. Right? You're listening to. You're breathing through. It's quality and care and love. And then we'll take our way into a puppy pose and just feel that heart space really melting the heart down. We'll take one more breath.

But and then just slide your elbows right under your shoulders here, and we'll take one more burst of action for Mars, tuck your toes back, finding a forearm plank here. Squeeze the belly. Maybe close your eyes. Feel the strength of your core. Your knees can come down at any time.

And harnessing that action filled Mars Energy. Right? I can. I will. I am I have it's happening what we want, what we need. We're going for it.

Last few breaths. Keep a long spine here. Keep digging down into your elbows and your toes. And knees come down, child's pose, sit your hips all the way back, take a big inhale, and a long exhale. Alright. Come up.

Hands and knees. We'll stretch it out into a pigeon. Right? And he's gonna come behind the right wrist. And then come down any amount. So we'll bring in some Venus energy here and just think quality over quantity of breaths and moments, taking just about five, sweeter, longer breaths, I really feel the feels that moon energy. Right? A lot of the effort is done at this point.

The sun and Mars have done their job, so just leaning into the softer place. One more breath. And then coming up and back to your hands and your knees, maybe give that right leg a little shake and left knee is gonna come forward, pigeon on the other side. And down you go. I'll bring in some of that mercury energy and just pause and listen.

Notice your thoughts. May you filter through? The ones that don't make sense, the ones that feel overwhelming, the ones that don't feel clear. Just let them go. Few more breaths.

Softly coming back up, back to your hands and your knees. Maybe give that left leg one little shake, and we will go ahead and come onto the back. And once you're on your back, give yourself a hug knees to chest. And you can take your left leg out long. Keep your right knee in.

Take one twist. Guide your right knee over the body. Take your right arm out to the right. And come back to center and release right leg out, left knee in, adjust your hips a little and twist other side. And then come back to center, give yourself one more hug, both knees into the chest.

Take a big inhale. And as you exhale Shavasana, allow yourself to just lie on the earth. Let your shoulders wiggle down away from your ears. Haveiness in the body. I'm just maybe feeling this sense of you, your unique bright light born on this planet Earth for a specific purpose and take up some space here and let your breath just feel effortless and natural.

Let the weight of gravity just take over. And this external version of you, this body, these muscles and bones, just let them go so that you can feel the light within you. May you taste and touch and feel and listen to all these other planetary energies that are affecting who you are and how you are. The way that you communicate, the way that you feel, the way that you love and care the way that you take action. Let's start to gently wiggle the fingers and the toes coming back into this beautiful vessel, this body, this earth energy, you're here.

Take your arms up over the head. Bend your knees, roll to the side or rock yourself up and find your way to a comfortable seat. Bring a prayer to your heart, close your eyes, seal your practice with love, with gratitude, with listening. With intention honoring your unique light and our connection to all that exists. Let's seal our practice with one ohm.

Take a deep breath in. Namaste.