Power Yoga: 10-Minute Routine for Energy
- This 10-minute power yoga flow is designed too energize you for whatever comes in the day ahead.it's a fast-moving morning session that crams a lot of strengthening for...
- This sequence doesn't require props although you are welcome to use blocks anywhere you like during your power yoga practice.
- You'll be bearing a lot of weight in your hands during the rest of the practice,so you can give your wrists a break as you take a seated...
Published January 12, 2026 06:06AM
This 10-minute power yoga flow is designed too energize you for whatever comes in the day ahead.it’s a fast-moving morning session that crams a lot of strengthening for your shoulders, back, and core into a short amount of time.The idea is to challenge yourself as much as you can during your yoga for energy practice to set yourself up to continue with that mindset throughout your day. Prepare to put in some effort through Hovering Tabletop, Plank, High Lunge, and twists in this power yoga practice-and to feel the rewards afterward.
10-minute Power Yoga for Energy to Last Throughout Your Day
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This sequence doesn’t require props although you are welcome to use blocks anywhere you like during your power yoga practice.
Seated Cat-Cow Variation
You’ll be bearing a lot of weight in your hands during the rest of the practice,so you can give your wrists a break as you take a seated variation of Cat and Cow.
Begin either kneeling and sitting back on your heels or sitting cross-legged.Bring your arms straight in front of you and bend your elbows 90 degrees. As you inhale, take your arms wide in a cactus shape and lift your chest.
As you exhale,round your back,tuck your chin toward your chest,and bring your elbo
Lean forward, bring your hands to the mat, and come into Tabletop with your hands more forward of your shoulders than usual. Come into a hovering Tabletop position with a flat back by lifting your knees a couple inches off of the mat.
Inhale as you straighten your legs and shift forward into Plank.
Twisting High Lunge
Maintain this twist as you push your feet into the mat and use your core strength to lift yourself upright. Your right arm will be reaching back and your left arm will be extending forward in a twisting High Lunge.
High Lunge
Inhale as you reach your arms up overhead into a classic High Lunge.
Leaning High Lunge
From Cobra, press your hips back into Child’s Pose and, if you’d like, bring your palms together, bend your elbows, and take your thumbs toward the back of the head. You’re slowing down your breath here.
Seated Twist
From Child’s Pose, straighten your arms and come to a seated position with your legs straight in front of you. Sit nice and tall and keep your left leg straight as you bend your right knee and step your right foot to the outside of your left leg. Think of pushing down through that right foot in your Seated Twist. Wrap your left arm around your right thigh leg, hug your right thigh toward your chest, and use this hugging to lift yourself a little taller. Your right fingertips are on the mat behind you and let them support you as you keep your hips facing forward while you’re twisting toward the right. Draw your right shoulder back. There’s no slouching or rounding here. Stay lifted and tall.
Baby Wild Thing
Come back to center and face forward. Bring your right foot to the inside of your left thigh.Keep your right hand behind you and push down through your feet and right hand as you lift into Baby wild Thing. Reach your left arm alongside your head as you lift your hips as high as they’ll go for a big side body stretch. Keep pushing through that left foot.
Release yourself to the mat and repeat the Seated Twist and Baby Wild Thing on the other side.
Seated Stillness
come to a seat in any way that feels cozy for your hips and lower back. During morning classes, I usually don’t practice Savasana as it can be tempting to fall back asleep. Rather, we’ll finish sitting tall, closing your eyes, and taking a few deep breaths, in and out through your nose. Maybe you choose one word that you’d like to use as your intention for the day.
As you sit in stillness, notice the effects of your practice, even though it was just a short amount of time. stay here provided that you can.
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