Restorative Yoga
Restorative Yoga
Restorative Yoga includes standing and seated poses and uses props such as yoga blocks, blankets, bolsters or pillows, and sometimes yoga straps. Restorative Yoga releases tension in the body and in the mind. This calm approach allows the student to find contentment in each pose and peace in the mind, allowing one to open up to the present moment. By practicing this gentle and refreshing class the body engages in its natural ability to heal.
Integrative Yoga Therapy
Integrative Yoga Therapy brings the body back to right alignment through strengthening poses based in postural alignment techniques. This type of functional training allows new corrective patterns to form in the body and mind, promoting a healing process and eventually eliminating/reducing pain. The yoga poses will help to strengthen specific body parts and their surrounding muscles. Props such as yoga blocks, bolsters, straps, blankets and chairs may be used to assist the poses.
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Instructor: Roseanna Length: 0:17:10 Healing Breath Awareness Meditation with Roseanna Frechette offers an easy-to-follow, pure and basic 15-minute restorative session of mindfulness meditation using the breath as a practical point of focus. This meditation session invokes a deep sense of peaceful calm that creates a place for healing injuries and/or boosting one's spirit. Participants can learn to release mental tension and open to a spirited awareness of true inspiration. |
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Instructor: Roseanna Length: 0:42:23 Postural Restorative with Roseanna Frechette includes soft stretch flows, guided breath work, pranayam, and supported postures using bolsters for deep release. This restorative yoga session is well-balanced to release tension, improve circulation, increase the flow of subtle energy, and bring about a healing sense of peaceful calm. Through this session participants will learn to connect body, mind, breath, spirit and emotion and to apply the energy that is generated for healing actual injuries, be they physical or emotional. |
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Instructor: Karen Length: 0:44:06 This Yoga Therapy class is particularly beneficial for people with acute or chronic back pain. To prevent future injuries we must go to the source of the problem in our physical body. Integrative Yoga Therapy for Back Pain and Injuries focuses on postural alignment using a chair and other props to help align the body in safe and stress free positions which will help the student gain strength and alleviate pain. |
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Instructor: Karen Length: 0:25:33 This beginner friendly practice allows opening in the hips and freedom in the spine. Integrative Yoga Therapy focuses on postural alignment using movements that create flexibility and strength in the spine. Establishing a foundation with proper alignment in the hips allows the rest of the body to be properly engaged resulting in increased strength and balance in the body. |
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Instructor: Karen Length: 0:56:51 Creating modifications in yoga is necessary for many students, especially for those who have injuries. This Beginner Yoga class offers many suggestions to safely modify yoga poses for those who are dealing with lower back or knee pain. This form of Yoga Therapy for the body allows students to practice in a safe and beneficial manner creating a space for healing in the body, making this class appropriate for almost any beginner to yoga. Beginner Yoga Therapy gives students the opportunity to gain strength and bring the body back into proper alignment which will help to prevent future injuries and pain in the body, bringing one to a state of health and well being. |
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Instructor: Jesse Length: 0:13:37 This yoga class is for anyone who finds it easier to practice yoga with the support of a chair. It?s also great for a mid-day break at work if you are short on time. You will learn how to do common standing yoga poses, such as Downward Dog, Crescent Lunge and Half Pigeon, with a chair as a support for the poses. |