Hello magool27,

You are welcome to this wonderful yoga forum. Yes you are right, as you are more relaxed when you get up in the morning after a long rest you experienced very difficult and painful time doing the asanas. It happens with me you know and this time you need more warming-up exercises to prepare your body. But in the evening your body is already warmed-up by the whole day activities and you don’t have to face such difficulties.

Thanks & Namaste

Subrata

When we sleep we fall into the back body which represents our past. When we arise we move out of the past and come into our present. This includes the musculo-skeletal system. The fascia of the back body runs from the occipital ridge all the way down to the big toe. It must be awakened first in the practice which is why we typically use a Morning Series in Purna Yoga for that specific purpose.

As we age and thus have a longer past there is a greater propensity to fall more deeply into it. And thus the older we are the more challenging it may be to arise and shine, especially when referring to the physical body.