Restorative Yoga Session
Goal: To facilitate physical and mental relaxation through restorative yoga poses, promoting deep stretching and stress relief.
Daily Benefits: This session aims to reduce stress, enhance flexibility, and gently strengthen the body, aiding in recovery and promoting overall wellness. It is especially beneficial for balancing more intense workouts and hectic lifestyles.
Warm-Up
- Gentle Stretching
Instructions: Start with gentle stretching to ease the body into movement and prepare for deeper poses.
Equipment used: Yoga mat
Duration: 5 minutes
Muscles worked: Full body
Main Yoga Poses
- Supported Child’s Pose
Instructions: Use a bolster or pillows under your torso for support as you settle into Child’s Pose. Extend your arms forward or by your sides.
Duration: Hold for 5 minutes
Muscles worked: Back, shoulders, hips - Legs-Up-The-Wall Pose
Instructions: Sit close to a wall, then lie back and extend your legs up the wall. Allow your back and arms to rest comfortably on the floor.
Duration: Hold for 5-10 minutes
Muscles worked: Hamstrings, lower back, relaxation of the entire body - Supported Bridge Pose
Instructions: Place a block or bolster under your sacrum as you lift into Bridge Pose, keeping your shoulders and head on the mat. Relax your arms and legs.
Duration: Hold for 5 minutes
Muscles worked: Lower back, glutes, pelvic area - Reclining Bound Angle Pose
Instructions: Lying on your back, bring the soles of your feet together and let your knees fall open, placing support under each knee if needed.
Duration: Hold for 5-10 minutes
Muscles worked: Inner thighs, groin, lower back
Cool-Down
- Instructions: Conclude your yoga session by lying in Savasana (Corpse Pose) for deep relaxation. Focus on breathing deeply and releasing any remaining tension in your body.
Duration: 5-10 minutes
This Restorative Yoga Session is an excellent way to counterbalance the physical and mental demands of daily life, helping to restore energy and calmness while improving flexibility and reducing stress.
