Posts tagged restorative
flow and restore

a little yang and a little yin, perfect for, those days…

Flow and Restore — 75 Minute Intermediate Vinyasa Yoga. This class is a mix of a fiery vinyasa flow with a restorative yin practice.

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Yoga Nidra: Deep Rest

A quick session for when you are especially tired. 15 min of total relaxation. This session incorporates physical, energetic, and mental relaxation, as well as intuition. During the practice an inner sanctuary of peace and calm is developed using guided imagery. The sanctuary can be recalled and experienced during stressful times to bring relief.

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Atumnal Yin Yoga: kidney and urinary bladder meridians

Rather than movement and striving, which are yang ways of approaching things, our yin tissues need gentleness and acceptance. When we go into a Yin posture the first line of resistance we face as our joints open or close is from our muscles.

Get cozy, dim the lights, and please let me know how you feel after the practice.

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Yoga Nidra: Deep Rest: The Giving Tree

Through deep relaxation, a state of Yoga Nidra arises, which can lead to kaivalyam, or samadhi, in which the sense of individualization merges with absolute, transcendental joy. The practice of shavasana (corpse pose) can facilitate the arising of this state. But for success in shavasana, you have to understand, as Shri Brahmananda suggests, “how to use fixation, suggestion and sensation, and how to use the proper pause for time.”

Please pass this link along, for the benefit of another!

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