Restorative Yoga Class

Class Description

A floor-based, semi-private class blending pranayama, somatic movement, myofascial release, and yoga asana with props for deep recovery. Each approach offers a distinct physiological mechanism to explore the mind-body system and develop interoception. Class includes two paths of asana: postures requiring gentle effort (sometimes repackcaged as “yin yoga”) and fully prop-supported postures requiring no effort (restorative yoga). Both paths slow the pace, lengthen breath, and create space for stillness, allowing profound recovery and a return to the body's natural rhythms including ashunya — a non-sleep state of rest or deep meditation where thoughts, feelings, and body fall away. Class Benefits • Parasympathetic nervous system activation supporting digestion, immunity, sleep, and hormone regulation • Musculoskeletal recovery and deep mobility for athletes or stiff desk workers • Profound rest and restoration for the stressed and exhausted • Individual guidance on props stup and modifications • Myofascial release (Roll Model Method) to ease tention, improve range of motion, develop proprioception, and support nervous system regulation Class draws on the full arc of yogic tools: community (sangha), yamas (restraints), niyamas (observances), asana (posture), pranayama (breath, life force), pratyahara (sense withdrawal), dharana (concentration), and dhyana (meditation). Preparation • Comfortable clothes, layers if you run cold • Bring a yoga mat, water bottle • Ground floor studio, bathroom, lounge • Register ahead, memberships available, drop-ins welcome Who Should Attend? All levels of experience and stages of life. This class is beneficial for students seeking to, • Decrease the accumulation of stress or experience quiet retreat from daily intensity • Support long-term hormonal health, chornic pain or fatigue management • Add yoga as a recovery component to an active routine (weight lifting, running, cycling, or other athletic practice) • Support menstruation, perimenopause, prenatal, postpartum, or fertility journeys • Practice in community with individual attention Actively pursuing fertility treatments (IVF, IUI, egg retrieval, embryo transfer)? Book Yoga for Fertility Care classes or privates instead. Cannot sit on the floor? Book chair yoga.