Melty-Delicious-Sit-Back-and-Relaxy Yoga

Hello all!

Sorry about going on a little bit of a hiatus for the month of September, but a whole lot has changed since then. We will put the Eight Limbs on hold for a week or so and we will pick up on those soon.

So I have recently been put in charge of teaching a restorative yoga class at one of the places where I teach because I have no restorative teaching experience, but I guess they needed it and I was up for the challenge. I picked up a bunch of restorative yoga books…a restorative yoga book, consulted several restorative teachers, and took several restorative classes. It was definitely in crunch time, I only had two weeks to learn, but I managed to pull everything together quite well if I do say so myself. Everyone left more relaxed and melty (is that word?) than when they arrived, and with smiles on their faces.

For those of you who have never taken restorative or do not know much about restorative, I would highly recommend you get yourself to a class. I have found that it is one of the best, if not the best, way to melt stress away. Classes can consist of only five or six poses, each pose is supported, with a blanket, bolster, or block (or any other supportive object).

An example of restorative pose would be a supported bridge pose you would have a bolster beneath the sacrum (horizontally or vertically along the mat) have the knees bent and the shoulders resting on the mat with the hips held up by the bolster. You would hold this for five to ten minutes. Another example of a restorative pose would be extended legs up the wall pose. You bring your rear end close to a wall (about 6 to 12 inches) and you turn to lying on your back and extend your legs up the wall. This would also be held for five to ten minutes.

There is a whole science behind this amazing type of yoga, and I will hopefully have time to go into and explain it a bit further.

Like I said, if you haven’t taken a restorative class I highly recommend you get to one, it is great for stress, anxiety, depression, breathing problems, fatigue or you just had a bad day. So get yourself to a restorative class and enjoy.

Om Yo, Om.

The Yoga Monster