Restorative Yoga classes

RESTORATIVE YOGA CLASS SERIES
with Jill Newberry-Evans

Monday OM BREAK
12:30-1:20pm

EARLY WINTER 2011 SESSION

January 10 – February 14
$90 for the 6-class series
$20 to drop in (space permitting)
Click here to register

Monday LATE EVENING LULLABY
8:45-10:00pm

EARLY WINTER 2011 SESSION

January 10 – February 14
$120 for the 6-class series
$25 to drop in (space permitting)
Click here to register

What is Restorative Yoga?

Restorative yoga is yoga used therapeutically for deep rest of the body and mind.   This makes it especially valuable as an antidote to stress, and other related issues like insomnia or anxiety.  It is a very slow, gentle form of yoga, that uses “props” (bolsters, blankets, blocks, chairs, walls, etc.) to allow the practitioner to stay in poses longer, without strain, and indeed many poses are done with no effort at all.

Restorative yoga is a direct antidote to stress. The “fight-or-flight” response (a.k.a. the stress response) was once rudimentary to our very survival.  Now, though we share the same physiology with our ancient human ancestors, this fight-or-flight response has become maladaptive as we are increasingly living in a state of low-grade or elevated stress, attempting to meet ever-increasing pressures, demands and change without ever stopping to replenish depleted resources.  Restorative yoga can be a pause at the proverbial well.

No experience with yoga is necessary. Any time is a good time for Restorative Yoga, but the late evening class is an especially good choice for those experiencing insomnia.

Research is beginning to show what yogis have known for millennia:  yoga is good for you!  Click here for an article detailing a recent study regarding the beneficial effects of restorative yoga for breast cancer patients and thrivers.

About Jill Newberry-Evans

Jill’s approach begins with the breath.  The breath is the bridge between mind and body.  As we take the time to set our distractions aside, and allow ourselves the opportunity to reconnect with the natural flow of our breath, we return to our natural rhythms, we come home to our selves.

Vanda Scaravelli said, “If you are kind to your body, it will respond in an incredible way.”  Together we will work with your body, and with your breath, to reconnect, and to release body and mind into fresh possibilities of experience.

Jill’s 20+ years of experience has led her to believe that ultimately, we are our own best teachers; that the answers we seek are already inside.  Sometimes all we need is the opportunity to set the “doing” or “seeking” aside, and give ourselves the space and time we need to just “be.”  it is in the present moment that the body and the mind are truly free.