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Yoga Nidra

sascha — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 21:15:33 +0000

Take a step back from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and find relief from your anxieties and worries. The classes in our Yoga Nidra series will help you experience a deep state of peace relaxation and even help improve your sleep.

Translated as “Yogic Sleep,” this type of practice will take you into a meditative state that lies between wakefulness and sleep. You’ll find yourself falling into a deep state of relaxation and allowing all your mental chatter to silence. Whether you’re a busy parent, a 9-5 worker, a stressed student, or simply someone looking to begin a meditation practice, the Yoga Nidra online series is perfect for you.

May these practices help you gain deeper insight and awareness of your true nature and help heal the body, mind, and spirit. Daily meditation is the perfect addition to your routine.

What to Expect

These classes take relaxation to a whole other level bordering on sedation. Although these are completely inactive this type of stress reduction may be the healthiest practice for our bodies and mind.

These could be practiced daily or as needed. Great for before bed to help with deep sleep.

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Yin Yoga

sascha — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 20:56:29 +0000

Unlike intense classes with various poses and tons of movement, the Yin Yoga series allows you to experience poses deeply and intentionally. Yin yoga postures are all about lengthening the connective tissue and increasing elasticity around the joints in areas including the hips, spine, pelvis, and chest. The difference between this and other classes? Each pose is held anywhere from 3 to 10 minutes.

Breathing deeply into each pose and allowing yourself to surrender, you’ll notice increased circulation, improved flexibility, and a sense of balance.

We recommend having props nearby, including:

Pillows

Blankets

A bolster

Utilizing these props will help you comfortably and gently hold these longer poses while seated or lying down in a relaxed state.
From this series expect a deep relaxation like nothing else. This is a stress-busting style that’s the perfect antidote to today's busy and digital lifestyle. Feel free to do these daily or intersperse them with your normal yoga and fitness programs and classes. Don’t worry about overdoing these as long as you are not forceful within these poses.

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Cancer Recovery

sascha — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 22:29:22 +0000

Incorporating a gentle, restorative yoga practice has been proven to reduce both physical and psychological distress that occurs from a battle with cancer.

Preview Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHzZYTLg4LQ

Our cancer recovery yoga series was created by cancer survivor Hilaire Lockwood and is based on her 15+ years of living with cancer, with a focus on healing and approaching disease as best we can from a tangible yoga practice.

Each class in this series focuses on a different stage in one’s cancer journey - from diagnosis to recovery, and rediscovery of self. The hope is always that we feel better physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually after every class. Depending on where you are in your cancer journey, this will re-energize but also give you permission to simply be as you are in your process.

These classes could be done every day if you choose and the series can take as long as your cancer journey takes.

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Restorative Yoga

sascha — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 22:35:25 +0000

As the name suggests, this style of yoga “restores” the body to its parasympathetic nervous system function. This helps the body rest, heal, and restore balance. By allowing time for longer postures or poses, and deeper breathing, restorative yoga helps elicit the relaxation response. Enjoy the calming and stress-reducing effect of this restorative yoga series. Designed to help you manage the highs, take the edge off, or just end the day in the best possible way.

This style is similar to yin yet more focused on restoring certain areas and ranges of motion kind of like therapy for places and parts of our body. That said these classes are also stress busters and very healing. This style could be practiced daily or interspersed within your normal wellness classes and programs.

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