Restorative
Restorative yoga is a style of yoga that encourages physical, mental, and emotional relaxation.
Appropriate for all levels, restorative yoga is practiced at a slow pace, focusing on long holds, stillness, and deep breathing.
Yin Yoga
Also described as yin yoga, restorative classes use bolsters, blankets, and blocks to prop students into passive poses so the body can experience the benefits of a pose without having to exert any effort.
While yang-style yoga gets your blood pumping and stretches your muscles, Yin Yoga helps reshape your tissues over time.
But in your Restorative Yoga class, you shouldn't be doing either of those things — your body should be completely passive, allowing you to rest and recover.
Restorative Yoga
Restorative yoga helps shift the balance from your fight-or-flight response (sympathetic nervous system) to your relaxation response, or the parasympathetic nervous system.
Enhances your mood. Yoga promotes relaxation and deep breathing, which, according to research , may reduce depressive symptoms.
What is Restorative Yoga?
A restorative yoga sequence is made up of usually only about five or six poses. These poses are often supported by props that allow you to completely relax into the given stretch.
All poses are held for 5-10 minutes and all you do while holding the pose is breathe deeply and relax.