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
  • May 21: Restorative Friday

    Restore & Renew.... enjoy!

  • May 14: Friday Refresh/Restorative

    Rejuvenating restorative postures to support a tired/end of the week body.

  • May 10: Yin Yang Hips

    Monday is sometimes hard to get moving! We begin slow and do a handful of yin poses for the hips followed by sometime more heating standing poses. Enjoy!

  • April 30: Brahma Mudra + Cooling Breath

    30 min breath practice including a mantra, mudra and breath. Enjoy!

  • April 16: Sacrum/Hips/Quads Restorative

    Mainly on your back and on the ground: Deep hips, quads, sacrum/low back releases, twists. Enjoy this restful practice!

  • April 9: Psoas/Diaphragm Restorative

    A quick 3-min anatomy lesson and into a belly massage, pillow breathing, feeling into the gut and hip connections and hip openers - very relaxing and energizing. If you are pregnant, trying to get pregnant or have something new/intense going on in your gut, this may not be for you.

  • April 2: Restorative + 10 min mantra meditation

    We begin on the belly with a pillow for a deep core massage, followed by a restful practice into all parts of the body. We end with alternate nostril breathing and mantra meditation. Enjoy.

  • March 26: Juicy Restorative: Shoulders & Pelvis

    This practice is all about releasing tension from your shoulders and hips! Relaxing with snips of anatomy info. :)

  • March 19: Low Back, Pelvis & Sacrum Restorative

    We begin with a restorative set supine that I find is extremely helpful for releasing low back, pelvis and hip tension. Enjoy.

  • March 5: Bladder & Kidney Restorative Practice

    This practice is deeply healing and soothing, specifically for the kidney and bladder lines in the body. We end working with pelvic floor muscles and a supine meditation on the kidneys and bladder. Enjoy!

  • Feb 26: Full Moon Restorative

    This is a very quiet set beginning with legs up the wall. All postures are passive and designed to relax you. Zero effort involved.

  • Feb 19: Part Two: Yin + 30min Meditation

    This is a 60 min meditation mainly practice, using So Hum (I am That) and alternate nostril breath throughout the body, mind and major energy centres.

  • Feb 5: Top-Down Yin Restorative

    We begin at the top: your neck, shoulders, lateral body, spine, hips/pelvis and legs.

  • Jan 29: Friday Hips + Pranayama

    This is a usual set integrating shining skull breath with three hip openers. A good one to match with the following restorative class. Enjoy!

  • Jan 22: Restorative Class with the Vayus

    In today's relaxing floor work, the prompt of paying attention to the rise and fall of your breath (prana and apana) is encouraged throughout: Supine back and pelvis release, twists on back, hips on back, inner groins, belly release and a guided supine savasana.

    Enjoy.

  • Jan 15: Relax the Gut-Brain Axis

    This is a 60 min deeply restorative practice beginning on the belly, into the hips and some twists. Extra attention is paid to the belly and relaxing it so to soften the nervous system-gut health connection towards a coherent state.

  • 3 Parts Reboot: breath + yin + guided meditation

    Do one or all three: pranayama, a bit of movement and guided meditation. (But I would recommend you do this entire practice of 90 minutes). Otherwise fast forward to your preferred part:

    - A five minute intro-talk
    - A breath practice + hips and neck releases
    - 33 min mark: Yin/restorative on you...

  • Dec 18: Minimal Talking, Maximum Yin

    A complete Friday yin practice into the usual sweet spots - longer floor work into the hips, spine, inner groins..all deeply restorative. I encourage a quiet room, gentle music, warm blankets, pillows...I keep my talking to a minimum. Enjoy x

  • Dec 11: Yin for the Hips

    One hour hip-focused yin practice.

  • Dec 4: Restorative Groins/Hamstrings Focus & Guided Savasana

    We begin on the ground with three-parts into the pelvis followed by a three-part janu sirsasana into the hamstrings and lower back. We counterpose with twists and more. The inner groins and medial hamstrings are the focus. We end with a guided, deeply relaxing savasana.

    Enjoy!

  • Nov 27: Educational Yin: Energy Centres of the Body

    Today's restorative - I speak to what is going on beneath the layers of you; energy anatomy + visceral anatomy. We explore your body from top to bottom within a nuanced, gentle practice.

    Restorative practices require a quiet warm room, dim light, bolsters/pillows, soft music at home if you like,

  • Nov 20: Yin Practice + Guided Meditation

    Turn off your phone, dim the lights, turn on soft tunes. This practice begins with "buzzing bee" breath and we work into the hips, shoulders, spine, low back and digestive system. There is a suggested practice of inner mantra as well a supine, guided meditation

  • Nov 6: Feel Yourself Again: Restorative Thymus, Thyroid & Adrenals

    This restorative session is excellent if you feel out of your body, anxious or just needing to restore your center again. We work specifically into the thyroid gland, neck, the thymus as well as restorative supine positions. There is an emphasis of opening and closing into the neck for the thyroi...

  • Nov 13: Restore + Guided Meditation into Deep Relaxation

    Today's class is a full body restorative taking many shapes some more fluid while others are held longer and yin like. We end with a supine guided meditation kept very simple. designed to deepen relaxation.