New Moon Yoga for a Fresh Start
- Any time you practice new Moon yoga,it's an invitation to channel the energy of the lunar cycle's beginning phase.
- This grounding yoga flow channels energy upward toward the third eye to support insight and intention.
- You'll need two blocks or block-like props, such as small stacks of books, for support during this new moon yoga practice.
Published January 15,2026 05:43AM
Any time you practice new Moon yoga,it’s an invitation to channel the energy of the lunar cycle’s beginning phase. Each month, the Moon provides space for a natural reset and supports you in clearing your mind and allowing new thoughts, vibes, and feelings to enter your personal universe.
This grounding yoga flow channels energy upward toward the third eye to support insight and intention. By creating spaciousness for your movements and your breath,you’ll clear mental fog and connect with the clarity,ideas,and inspiration you need for the coming moon cycle.
15-Minute New Moon Yoga for Mental Clarity
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You’ll need two blocks or block-like props, such as small stacks of books, for support during this new moon yoga practice.
Supported Fish pose
Place one block beneath your upper back between your shoulder blades and the second block beneath your head, adjusting them to whatever level works best for you. Your heart should be elevated toward the sky in Supported Fish Pose. Let your arms fall by your sides, palms facing upward. you can choose to leave your legs long or bring the soles of your feet together to touch and release your knees out to the sides. Stay here for 1 minute.
Dynamic Heart Opener
Remove your blocks and move them to the side of your mat. Come onto your right side in a fetal position, interlacing your fingers behind the back of your head.Draw your elbows toward each other.
With an exhalation, draw your knees toward your chest and your forehead toward your knees.
Inhale as you return to Pencil stretch, and exhale back into a ball-like shape.
Bridge Pose
Lower your feet to your mat and your arms by your sides, palms facing down. Inhale, lifting your hips toward the sky in Bridge Pose.Stay here for 3 breaths.
Gently lower your back to the mat and roll into a fetal position on your left side. Then repeat the Dynamic Heart Opener and Reclined Twist before coming back through center and drawing your knees to your chest. Rock up and down the length of your spine 3 or 4 times, rolling yourself all the way up into hands and knees.
Cow Pose
Inhale, gently arch your back, lower your belly, and lift your chin in Downward-Facing Dog
When you’re ready, come into Downward-Facing Dog. Stay here for 3 breaths. Send your right toes toward the sky in Three-Legged Dog. Bend your right knee, bring your heel toward your bottom, and make 2 slow circles with your right knee. Draw your left knee forward and toward your chest as you stand upright. Send your left knee out toward your left, bringing your left foot to the inner right thigh, calf, or ankle in Tree Pose. Reach your arms up if you feel called. Stay here for 4 breaths before bringing your hands back to heart center and lowering your left foot to your mat. Inhale as you sweep your arms overhead in Upward Salute. exhale as you hinge at your hips and fold into Standing Forward Bend. Exhale, lowering down through Chaturanga and releasing yourself onto the mat. Inhale as you press up through your palms and lift your heart away from the ground in Baby or regular Cobra Pose. Exhale as you lower down to your mat and move through Plank or Tabletop to Downward-Facing Dog. When you’re ready, repeat Three-legged Dog through Tree Pose on the opposite side, allowing a vinyasa to return you to Downward-Facing Dog. Lower down to your mat and sit back on your heels in Thunderbolt Pose.
Three-legged Dog
Hip Circles
High Lunge
Upward Salute
Standing Forward Bend
Halfway Lift
Cobra Pose
Thunderbolt Pose
Seated Side bend
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