Yoga at LAX and Bob Hope Airport

 

The stress along with the nasty bacteria and viruses festering in airports and airplanes, this is a recipe for your immune system to breakdown. A broken down immune system can result in colds, flues, aches, and unnecessary pains.  Then when we arrive at our destination we have to lay around in bed and/or risk getting everyone else around us sick.  Not a great way to spend your vacation.

Like a lot of people in Los Angeles, I travel frequently.  Being a transplant, my parents, my bother, and my sister all live in different states and countries.  Plus I travel frequently around the globe for workshops and yoga retreats.  Then the friends who get married every year, wait I diverged.  We all know it is great to getaway, we often come back more connected.  Therefore, it is imperative we take responsibility for our health before, during, and after our trip.

When I am leading a yoga retreat, I especially want to make sure I show up present, open, and grounded when I  arrive.  It’s not like I have the liberty in saying, “Sorry folks, I need time to adjust, give me a few days and then I’ll start teaching the yoga classes.”

This past April I was fortunate to travel to Sayulita, Mexico for a Yoga Surf Retreat.  For the second year in a row, I instructed the yoga and meditation portion of the retreat!  While I was waiting for my flight to  board at LAX, I decided to do some yoga.  Depending on what time of the day it is and how many people are around, my airport yoga practice varies.   Sometimes I am feeling bold and I do what I feel my body needs to do no matter what.  Other times I just try to sneak it in, I get embarrassed too.

Ahhh, finally, let’s twist.  Twists stretch your spine and they massage your internal organs.  Twists are very cleansing, especially if you are eating airplane food:)  Twisting poses are best done on an empty stomach so be careful if you chowed down before coming to the airport.  Soak in this final Spinal Twist.