Certainly one of the most popular yoga classes. This is a class for all levels and abilities.
Most often ALL poses are done on the mat with props. Chairs are available for any assistance.
If this is your first yoga class on the island please arrive 10 minutes early, otherwise, 5 minutes is fine. You can sleep in
Yoga Mats and props are available.
All you need is your generous donation of $10.00 to the Community Center (or certainly more if able and willing)
WEDNESDAY~ RESTORATIVE YOGA 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Amazing benefits for 'restoring' the body and mind using seated postures held for longer periods of time while softening the muscles and encouraging passive stretching to work on the deep, dense connective tissues. With continued practice, these postures help bring balance & flexibility to the body. We invite you to take the opportunity to nurture your body, mind, and soul. BRING a small pillow and/or large towel if possible. THIS CLASS IS FOR ALL LEVELS.
JUST SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF RESTORATIVE YOGA HAS TO OFFER:
Benefit from Full and Deep Stretches
Think you have to “work” to give your body benefit? Active practice is fabulous, but there’s only so long that you can stay in an intense backbend without feeling the burn. Long, supported poses help your body to fully engage, soften, and allow the precise positioning to work its magic.
Enhance Flexibility
All forms of yoga help make you flexible, but regular use of restorative poses leads you more quickly to this nirvana.
However, Restorative yoga is not just a stretching class and there is no end goal involved. You are exploring what happens when you release the tension your body habitually holds.
Find out Where You Hold Your Stress
Restorative poses give you the opportunity to notice where you hold this tension—kind of like a dye that sticks to the parts of you that are bound-up and dense. Once you come to this realization, you can make small changes in your everyday life to reduce the stress and tension you allow to build up in your body.
Balance Your Nervous System
Use a restorative practice to engage your nervous system and take your body into a state that allows for renewal and rejuvenation. Benefits include optimizing energy flow to the organs, tissue renewal, and reduced “fight or flight” response.
Recover from Illness
We all need rest, whether or not you’re recovering from muscle strain, a broken bone, a bad bout of flu, or a chronic illness. Just because you’re not practicing more “active” asanas doesn’t mean you can’t benefit from yoga’s healing powers.
Restorative yoga allows you to practice when your energy is low and your body is building strength.
Other yoga donation classes offered weekly:
Monday 9:30 Basic Vinyasa (includes standing and seated poses)
Monday 11:00 THERAPEUTIC/CHAIR Yoga
Friday 9:30 Basic Vinyasa
ALL LEVEL CLASSES
$10.00 Donation to the Community Center