Restorative Yoga

Restorative Yoga

The perfect practice for anytime you need to fully release, soften, relax and unwind. Perfect for restoring you to balance and for grounding the mind and body.

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Restorative Yoga
  • Heart Opening Restorative Yoga Snack

    Ever feel overwhelmed by the world's senseless acts of violence and wish you knew how to handle it? This practice is about connecting to your heart center, hugging it a little, sending some love and compassion to yourself and then to others to connect and bring peace. Join me for this heart foc...

  • Restorative Yoga Snack for Back Pain Relief

    Sometimes you just need long held, supported Restorative Yoga to help bring yourself back to balance. Today we practice heart opening/chest opening with a supported (Bridge Pose) back bend and an inversion (feet up the wall). Great for rebalancing after or during travel or at the end of a long ...

  • Restorative Yoga Snack for Stress & Tension

    Today's Restorative Yoga Snack is all about releasing tension and stress using a bolster to fully support you in just two poses. Short and sweet, very relaxing and great for bedtime or whenever you need to let go!

    Props: 1 block or large book (block: http://amzn.to/2sIEm6L), 1 bolster or pi...

  • Restorative Yoga Snack for Deep Sleep

    It's been a long day and you need to settle down, rest, release and relax. This 20 minute bedtime Restorative Yoga Snack will help you do just that - in your bed with your own pillows. We release the ENTIRE body to help you fall asleep faster and sleep better. Enjoy!

    Props: 2 pillows on from...

  • Restorative Yoga for SI Joint & Low Back Pain Care

    Restorative Yoga can be a beautifully supportive and healing practice when you are struggling with an SI Sacroiliac joint flareup and/or lower back pain and can aid you in recovery. As someone who has struggled with SI joint issues for over 10 years, this is a go to practice to release and allow...

  • Restorative Yoga to Fill Your Cup

    All of us could use time to rest, heal, restore ourselves mind and body - this practice is all about settling in for 3 poses with 3 props for 40 minutes of deep self love.

    Props: 1 bolster or bed pillow (or pick up a bolster here: http://amzn.to/2yJVoaj), 1 block or thick book (or pick up a bl...

  • Restorative Yoga for Deep Relaxation

    30 minutes to feel deeply relaxed and supported with this Restorative yoga practice. We use home props for this practice and sink into some long holds with support - helping release all the tension of the day!

  • Restorative Yoga for Fatigue | Revitalize & Restore

    Feel fatigued? Exhausted? Need a gentle, supported full body yoga practice to help restore, heal and revitalize you? Our 30 minute practice today is about helping the body settle into healing mode and letting the poses do ALL the work for YOU! Feel supported and release tension, stress and fa...

  • Restorative Yoga for Holiday Stress

    Holidays, large events, parties, family gatherings - all wonderful but also very stressful! If you have been feeling the pressure of a large event coming soon, this under 30 min Gentle Restorative Yoga practice can help to ground, settle, heal and restore you both physically and mentally to bala...

  • Restorative Yoga for Legs, Feet, & Hips | Lower Body Love

    Our legs and feet take a beating each day - pounding the ground, distributing this contact and keeping us moving. It only makes sense to give them some love with a full lower body stretch.

    Today we use props to soften, heal, release and show our lower bodies some care - foot massages, outer...

  • Restorative Yoga | Breathe Deeply | Upper Back & Chest

    Opening up the chest, upper back, and side body can do wonders for our breath and our breath is pivotal in managing stress, releasing tension, energizing us, and allowing us to see our world with more focus and presence.

    Our practice today is focused on these specific areas - allowing our bodi...

  • Restorative Yoga to Relax & Unwind | Evening Transition

    Sometimes transitioning from work to your home life can be challenging. Stress, residual thoughts, energy and more can prevent you from really relaxing and settling in for an evening at home.

    In this 35 minute Restorative Yoga practice we focus on releasing tension throughout the body, deep...

  • Restorative Yoga for Season Change | Detox & Digest

    Every season there is a transition period between one season and the next. Our bodies know it is coming, but with technology and our present lifestyles - this transition can seem anything but natural.

    If your digestion has been a little off, your mind scattered, and you feel ungrounded - th...

  • Restorative Yoga for Back Pain

    This practice is a short, gentle yoga practice using props to help the back release tension, relieve pain and gain more mobility in the back. Great for maintaining good back health!

    Props: 1 blanket OR beach towel (blanket: http://amzn.to/2v0U0eh) and 1 bolster or pillow (bolster: http://amzn...

  • Restorative Yoga for Anxiety & Stress

    This Restorative Yoga practice is about finding deep stillness and relaxation to help you manage stress, anxiety and panic attacks. We focus on all the areas that hold tension from stress (back, belly, hips and shoulders) for a full body release.

    While stress isn't something we can get rid...

  • Restorative Yoga for Lymphatic Health & Immunity

    What's the very best way to stay healthy? Support our bodies natural immune and detoxification system. In this practice we focus on opening the areas with the most lymph nodes helping keep our immune system and lymphatic system in top condition. We help shift the lymph fluid in the lower body ...

  • Sacred Rest | Rest Nest + Breath

    Welcome to another Sacred Rest - a series about taking a few moments 10-15 minutes - to reboot, heal, restore, relax, and practice self love. Today we are practicing Supine Bound Angle - the queen of all Restorative Yoga poses with soft support and mental alternate nostril breathing. Feel deepl...

  • Sacred Rest | Seated & Supported

    Welcome to another Sacred Rest practice - practices designed to help you take a little time out and rest, heal, restore, breathe, and just be with the loving support of props.

    Today we are taking it to a chair with some feet support, back support, breath awareness, and a soft body awareness scan...

  • Winter Solstice Restorative Yoga | Wintering

    Whatever part of your life you are in or whatever season you are in, perhaps you need to turn inward, rest, heal, surrender, be still and allow yourself to be nourished.

    This is a supportive practice that focuses on long, quiet holds with lots of soft props to help you explore what nature is a...

  • Metal Element Restorative Yoga

    The element of Metal in Traditional Chinese Medicine is related to fall/autumn and the lung/large intestine meridians located in the arms/chest/upper shoulders. In this practice we soften, support, and use the poses to get deep into these tissues to make more space.

    Props: 1-2 blankets (blanke...

  • Sacred Rest | Feet Up Savasana | Switching Off Meditation

    Sacred Rest is about taking the time to refill your cup, slowing down, breathing deeply, and allowing your body to heal and restore. Join Lucy and I for this feet up version to help your feet feel some love as well as release the tiredness of legs and feet while practicing a switching off medita...

  • EARTH Element Restorative Yoga

    The earth element in Traditional Chinese Medicine is all about transition - the time of late summer. This can be a time when you feel overwhelmed, tired, taxed, and rushed and taking the time for a supportive Restorative Yoga practice can help ground that energy. We focus on the Spleen/Stomach ...

  • Sacred Rest | Side Lying Savasana

    Ready for some deep rest, healing, and quiet? Join Lucy and I for this side lying supported savasana that will help you refill your cup. Take some time to feel supported, cared for, nourished with home props.

    Props: 1-3 throw pillows or 1 bolster (bolster: http://amzn.to/2sO56md) and 2 throw ...

  • Restorative Yoga for Grief & Loss

    We all grieve in our own way and at our own pace and while we need time and space to allow the mind/body to heal, we can also help ourselves by engaging in practice like this one to fully support us and comfort us. Join me for this sweet breath practice, along with yoga poses focusing on softnes...