Duration: ~25–30 minutes
Props: Bolster, blanket, blocks and yoga mat or rug

Centering: Breath & Awareness

Find a comfortable seat or lie back in Supta Baddha Konasana (reclined butterfly).
Close your eyes and bring one hand to your belly, one to your heart.
Begin to follow the rhythm of your breath inhaling through the nose, exhaling through the mouth.
Inhale like a rising tide, exhale like water returning to the sea.

Sense yourself as part of nature’s cycle not separate from it, but moving within it.

Wood Element — Liver & Gallbladder

The Wood element rises up in spring and represents growth, vision, renewal.
Breathe into your rib sides, where the Liver and gallbladder meridian Qi flows.
As you soften into the pose, visualize green shoots emerging through soil.
If there’s frustration or stagnation, let the breath create space.

Affirmation: “I release what blocks my growth. I trust the direction that my life is unfolding.”

Hold for 3-5 minutes.

🔥 Fire Element — Heart & Small Intestine

The Fire element is summer and encourages our connection to joy, community, expansion.
Allow the chest to open and the breath to warm the heart space. Feel light and radiance spreading through your body like sunlight.

Affirmation: “I am open to love, laughter, and warmth.”

Hold for 3-5 minutes per side

🌾 Earth Element — Spleen & Stomach

Earth represents late summer, a time to focus on the body’s nourishment, stability, and receiving.
Let your body soften into the support beneath you. Imagine being held by the earth itself, feeling steady and whole.

Affirmation: “I am grounded. I receive nourishment with ease.”

Hold for 3-5 minutes or more.

🍂 Metal Element — Lungs & Large Intestine

The Metal element is autumn and represents release, refinement, and breath.
Breathe deeply into your upper back and chest, inviting spaciousness. With each exhale, imagine letting go of what no longer serves you.

Affirmation: “With every breath, I create space for what truly matters.”

Hold for 3 minutes per side

🌊 Water Element — Kidneys & Bladder

Water is winter, a time for rest, reflection, and call on our innate wisdom.
Soften into stillness and feel your spine gently round, like a wave folding into the shore. Imagine a deep reservoir within, filling slowly, offering healing from the source.

Affirmation: “I rest into my inner depth. I trust the flow of life.”

🌕 Closing

Come to rebound in Savasana or sit quietly with hands over the heart. Feel the integration of the energy that the shapes represent. Your meridians are activated, the five elements within you hold space for resourcing their potential - Wood’s vision, Fire’s joy, Earth’s nourishment, Metal’s clarity, and Water’s wisdom.

You are part of nature’s rhythm. You are its expression. You are its healing.

ELEMENTAL ALCHEMY: A 5-Element Yin Practice to Nourish your inner landscape