Vinyasa Yoga
Restorative Yoga
Restorative Yoga
- Develops strength & flexibility
- Raises self-awareness by tying breath to movement
- Improves circulatory and cardiovascular health
- Boosts immune system
Restorative Yoga
Restorative Yoga
Restorative Yoga
- Increases body's "relaxation response"
- Decreases body's "fight or flight response"
- Helps create new neural pathways to mental and emotional well-being
Yin Yoga
Restorative Yoga
Yoga Nidra
- Reduces muscular adhesions
- Boosts hydration of tissues,
facilitating movement of joints & fascia
- Promotes stillness of mind
- Increases bone density
Yoga Nidra
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Yoga Nidra
- Decreases anxiety & depression
- Increases feelings of bliss,
contentment, and well-being
- Decreases menstrual pain
- Increases dopamine production
Pranayama
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Essential oils
- Regulates nervous system
- Refines overall mind/body awareness
- Supports a healthy immune system
- Purifies the body
- Improves concentration and cerebral function
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Essential oils
Essential oils
- Anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, & anti-bacterial
- Aid in healing specific issues - there's an oil for that!
- Raise energetic vibration decreasing risk of illness and absorption of negative energy
Back Bends
- Counteract effects of gravity
- Stimulate nervous system
- Balance and return spine to normal position
- Are anti-aging; counter rounded shoulders, slouched posture and hunched effects of gravity
Forward Bends
- Known as "rising moon" of yoga for their calming effect on nervous system
- Stretch and tone muscles along entire length of spine & spinal discs
- Promote movement toward proper alignment in neutral position
- Stimulate liver & kidney function
Standing poses
- Strengthen and tone the entire body
- Ground one to earth
- Strengthen connection to legs & feet
- Help maintain attention
seated poses
- Promote open hips
- Strengthen back muscles
- Accessible ways to stretch muscles and joints of legs and feet
- Support flexibility in the knees
balancing poses
- Create poise and grace
- Tone inner ear
- Calm and quiet mind by focusing on steadiness
- Build will-power
Twists
- Aid activities of digestive organs
- Remove tendencies toward sluggish bowel movements and relieve constipation
- Spread open the ribs so one can attain full breathing
- Release pressure on spinal nerves
- Align vertebrae
- Nourish discs
- Lengthen spine
Inversions
- Balance endocrine system
- Salamba Sirsasana (Headstand, King of Asanas) stimulates pineal and pituitary glands and increases blood pressure
- Bring extra blood to brain
- Induce an elevated feeling and improve one's thinking power
- Salamba Sarvangasana (Shoulderstand, Queen of Asanas) lowers blood pressure by stimulating thyroid gland in order to balance it
- Purify the body
- Support circulatory and respiratory systems