Full Moon Yoga: Release & Renew 🌕🧘‍♀️

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Harness the Full Moon’s Energy: A yoga Flow for Release and Renewal

(Photo: Calin Van Paris/Canva) Updated November 3, 2025, 10:34 AM

This full moon yoga practice offers a pathway to channel pent-up emotions into movement, breath, and ultimately, release. As the lunar cycle reaches its peak, this is a potent time for illumination, self-awareness, and letting go of what no longer serves your highest good.

This sequence, designed to clear away stagnation and create space for growth, utilizes poses that encourage focus and direction. Throughout the practice, practitioners are invited to visualize basking in the moonlight, absorbing its energy, and honoring their inner selves.

Preparing for Your Practice

The flow incorporates a balancing pose, so having one or two yoga blocks readily available is recommended. Position one block at the front and another at the back of your mat before beginning. For those seeking a gentle warm-up, poses like Reclined Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose and Downward-Facing Dog can be incorporated beforehand.

The Full Moon Yoga Flow

Mountain Pose (Tadasana)

Begin in Mountain Pose at the top of your mat, grounding through your feet and lengthening your spine. Hold this pose for 8 deep breaths, establishing a connection to the earth and cultivating a sense of stability.

Standing Forward Bend (Uttanasana)

Inhale, reaching your arms upward and gazing toward the sky. Exhale, bringing your palms together at heart center. With another inhalation, extend your arms overhead, and exhale as you fold forward into Standing Forward Bend. Gently grasp opposite elbows and sway from side to side for 5 breaths, allowing gravity to release tension in your back and hamstrings.

Standing Forward Bend Circles

Continue swaying to the right, initiating a series of circles with your upper body. Inhale as you slowly transition through Side Bend and return to standing, then exhale as you move through Side Bend on the left side and back down into standing Forward Bend. Repeat this circular movement 3 times,using the final inhalation to rise to standing.

Goddess Squats (Utkata Konasana)

Reach your arms toward the sky. Step your feet wide, turning your toes outward. Exhale as you bend your knees and sink your hips into Goddess Pose.Inhale as you stand and reach your arms upward, then exhale as you sink back into Goddess Pose, bending your knees and holding your arms in a cactus shape.

warrior 2 (Virabhadrasana II)

Inhale to straighten your limbs. With an exhalation, pivot your right toes to face the short edge of your mat, keeping your left foot parallel to the short side. Bend your right knee into Warrior 2, holding the pose for 3 cycles of breath.

Reverse Warrior (viparita Virabhadrasana)

Flip your front palm to face the sky, maintaining the bend in your front knee. Reach your back arm toward your back leg,opening your chest and deepening the side stretch. Hold for 2 breaths.

Extended Side Angle Pose (Utthita Parsvakonasana)

exhale and bring your front forearm to rest on your front thigh. Extend your top arm overhead, reaching toward the front of the mat. Gaze upward, if cozy, and hold for 3 breaths.

Triangle Pose (Trikonasana)

Straighten your front leg and reach forward, then hinge at your hips and lower your front hand toward your shin, ankle, or the floor. Extend your top arm toward the sky, stacking your shoulders. Hold for 3 breaths.

Return to Mountain Pose (Tadasana)

Exhale and slowly rise back to standing, returning to Mountain Pose. Repeat the warrior 2 sequence on the left side.

Cat-Cow (Marjaryasana & Bitilasana) & cat Pose (Marjaryasana)

Bring your knees to the ground and move through Tabletop into Cow Pose,arching your back and lifting your chin. Exhale into Cat Pose, rounding your spine and tucking your chin.Repeat this Cat-Cow sequence for 6 cycles of breath, incorporating any intuitive movements your body desires.

Child’s Pose (Balasana)

when you are ready, exhale into Child’s Pose, which will serve as your savasana for this practice. Widen your knees to sit between your heels,lower your torso to the