IF YOU WANT TO RELAX: RESTORATIVE RX

IF YOU WANT TO RELAX: RESTORATIVE RX

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IF YOU WANT TO RELAX: RESTORATIVE RX
  • July 16: Neck, Jaw & Eyes Refresh (16 min)

    This is a top down approach moving breath and simple (and weird) movements of the neck, jaw, eyes and shoulders. This is an excellent practice if you have brain-drain, exhausted by screens or are depleted of energy.

  • July 9: Laptop Flush: Jaw, Eyed & Sub-occipital Release (20 min)

    This is a short practice that integrates neck-up releases for the eyes, jaw, tongue and sub-cranial tension. The theme is to flush out laptop / digital fatigue, stress, headaches and strain. We also do two breath techniques: lions & jivha bandha.

  • July 8: Chill Hips & Shoulders Rx (23 min)

    This is great for post-gym, bike/run, long work week. It's quick, restorative yet satisfying! Expect gentle spinal movement, glute, low back and hip opening.

  • July 2: Visceral/Core Restorative

    Grab a pillow! This is a visceral/core restorative. It is a deeply relaxing/quiet practice....

  • June 25: Three Yin Poses/Myofascial Release (21 min)

    This is a simple, quiet yin restorative practice opening the inner groins/adductors, hip rotators and quads. This is great for the end of the week, post-exercise or for myofascial release.

  • June 24: Core-Brain-Calm Rx (25 min)

    This is more of a therapeutic practice into your core beginning with the traditional yogic "core lift" uddiyana bandha. We do some basic twists, spinal movement, breathwork and ending with a restorative/relaxing breath practice into the belly to support a restorative visceral release.

  • June 23: Half n'Half: 30min Flow + 30min Hips & Breath (60 min)

    This practice has a little bit of everything: The first 30 min is a moderate vinyasa practice with repetition, lunges, breath, twists etc. A nice juicy stretch. Followed by a pigeon. seat forward fold and glute openers with option to do breath of fire and bellows. (You get a little hit of breathw...

  • June 17: Quick Hip Rx (27 min)

    This is great for those sitting all day, for a post-run/bike/gym stretch. We open the rotators, extensors, flexors and ad/abductors of the hips. This is a gentle, restorative stretch.

  • June 12: Practice for Exhaustion (22 min)

    This is a practice if you're exhausted, cranky and/or depleted but you want to do a few poses to open up your body/hips/hamstrings and spine.

  • May 20: Light & Easygoing Practice (30 min)

    This is a perfect practice if you feel the need to stretch without intensity, sweat or the sleepiness of a yin practice. We move into the spine, hamstrings and hips.

  • May 19: Nooks n Crannies/Easy-Going Practice (30 min)

    This is an easy going practice aimed to get into all of your "nooks and crannies" with an unusual sequence into the hips, ribs, spine and energy body.

  • May 13: Rx for Laptop Tension

    This is a quick restorative sequence you can do on your own when you are exhausted by laptop work for students, remote workers etc. We stretch and open the neck, shoulders, mouth and jaw.

  • May 7: Hip Therapy (26 min)

    This is a condensed restorative practice opening up the adductors, deep gluteals and rotators of hips/glutes. It is perfect for end of day, before bed - or after a workout/run

  • May 6: Processing Stress: Vagus Nerve Deep Rx (22 min)

    This is a restorative practice into the neck and vagus nerve - using breath, sound beginning with a brief neuroanatomy of the vagus. This is a soothing, condensed practice that is excellent for exhaustion, bed-prep, processing stress and anxiety.

  • Apr 30: Quick Reset (18 min)

    This is a condensed restorative practice for the pelvis, spine and hips. Enjoy!

  • April 29: Hip Restore Rx (22 min)

    Three hip poses - this is a lovely, quick restorative.

  • Apr 8: Relax into Yin (18 min)

    This is a short 18 min of restorative shapes into the hips, back and spine.

  • Mar 25: Neck, Jaw & Headaches Rejuvenation (25 min)

    This is a 25 min practice great for end of day irritations from working on your laptop, TMJ, headaches and lymphatic sluggishness in the upper cervical nodes. It is restful and moves cranky eyes, jaw and neck issues.

  • Feb 19: Happy Hips Yin Rx (32 min)

    Today we do four long-held poses beginning with the hardest one (full frog), hamstring stretch, pigeon variation and virasana (heron pose). Grab pillows, props, blocks and a strap if you have one.

  • Feb 11: Spinal Reset (20 min)

    This is a 20 min spinal therapy practice - designed to move tension and congestion out of your spine.

  • Feb 4: 20 Scapulo-Thoracic Rx (20 min)

    This is 20 min relaxed practice honing in on the area of the upper thoracic spine and its relationship with your shoulderblades/tight shoulders.

  • Jan 29: Quiet Yin for Hips (37 min)

    We do five poses with quiet and deep breathing specific to the hips. This is a practice for deep fascial release, end of day tension before bed, or post-exercise. We do: one legged forward fold, a twist, pigeon prep, a simple backbend, frog pose and double pigeon.

  • Jan 23: Restore Spinal Flush Rx (40 min)

    This is a gentle practice using breath and awareness of the thoracic and upper spine & the shoulder girdle. It is a chilled out practice done with diaphragmatic breathing.

  • Jan 22: Restorative Yin (34 min)

    This is a compressed restorative practice into the hips, glutes and hamstrings. I recommend you do this before bed as well or after sports to wind down and restore the body. 4-8 breath is also a way to down-regulate during this practice.