Restorative Yoga
A restorative yoga sequence typically involves only five or six poses, supported by props that allow you to completely relax and rest. Held for 5 minutes or more, restorative poses include light twists, seated forward folds, and gentle backbends. Most restorative practices are based on the teachings of B.K.S. Iyengar.
How Yoga Nidra Can Help You Embrace the Art of Non-Doing
Karen Brody, author of the book Daring to Rest, explains how transformational doing nothing can be. Learn how yoga nidra activates your parasympathetic nervous system to guide you to deep inner peace.
3 Restorative Poses to Optimize Organ Function
Long day? Feeling sluggish? Try these poses from YJ Influencer Meredith Cameron to create space in your upper body to soften, flush, and balance your organ system.
Why It’s Time to Replace “Letting Go” with “Letting Be”—& How to Start
In this excerpt from her new book Deep Listening, Jillian Pransky offers a practice for creating space to let yourself be just as you are.
7 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Restorative Practice
Whether you're new to restorative yoga or a seasoned pro, little tweaks can help you get more relaxation out of your practice.
Practice Deep Listening to Change Your Stress Response & Start Truly Receiving Yourself
Learn how to listen with compassion to your body, breath, feelings, and thoughts. This deep listening helps you cultivate the kind of conscious relaxation that allows you to stay open, present, and curious in situations where you normally wouldn't.
Restorative Yoga 101: How to Release Chronic Psoas Tension for Deeper Relaxation
One of the most powerful ways to feel more OK mentally and emotionally is to learn how to relax the body. Here, Jillian Pransky breaks down how to release one of the most chronically tense muscles: the psoas.
Restorative Yoga 101: How Restorative Yoga Helped These 5 People Heal
Curious how you might benefit from our Restorative Yoga 101 course with Jillian Pransky? Five students of Pransky's students share how her restorative classes transformed them.
4 Must-Try Restorative Poses—& How to Get the Most Support from Your Props
Well-propped restorative poses can offer us the experience of being cradled and protected while releasing deep-held tension and providing the opportunity for true relaxation. Learn how to set yourself up for your most rejuvenating practice yet.
Restorative Yoga 101: 3 Tips for More Relaxing Breathing
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Why Restorative Yoga Is the ‘Most Advanced Practice’ Plus, 4 of Its Biggest Benefits
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5 Ways to Make Every Yoga Class More Restorative and Therapeutic
In part four of our series on teaching trauma-sensitive yoga, teacher Daniel Sernicola shares five practices to help your students get grounded and cultivate mindfulness.
Yoga After Miscarriage: A 6-Pose Healing Practice
AcroYoga teacher Deven Sisler turned to restorative yoga after suffering from two miscarriages and a precancerous condition. Use her restorative sequence to find your own healing flow.
10 Yin Yoga Poses for Clarity this Fall
In honor of the Fall Equinox, yin yoga teacher Danielle March offers a sequence to help you gain some perspective and insight on your own summer growth.
Kathryn Budig’s Top 3 Yoga Poses for PMS
Kathryn Budig shares her three favorite PMS remedies—after chocolate. Prepare to prop!
How Rodney + Colleen Saidman Yee Help Sick Patients + Caregivers
Urban Zen helps sick patients and their caregivers overcome pain, anxiety, nausea, insomnia, constipation, and exhaustion through yoga.
Yoga for Athletic Recovery: 5 Poses to Max Out Training Benefits
You may spend serious time sweating, but it's the space between workouts that counts. Sage Rountree's yoga poses will help you get the most out of your recovery time.
Tiffany Cruikshank’s Yoga Tricks for Better Digestion
Yoga Medicine founder Tiffany Cruikshank offers four tricks for fine-tuning your body’s digestive process with yoga.
4-Step Bedtime Restorative Practice for Better Sleep
Yoga Medicine founder Tiffany Cruikshank offers her favorite bedtime ritual to settle the nervous system in preparation for deep sleep.
Happiness Toolkit: Two-Minute Restorative Poses
Got two minutes? A short restorative practice can help edit and transform negative inner narratives that reinforce anxiety and depression.