Deeply rest and restore your body with these restorative poses. Restorative yoga promotes deep relaxation and alleviates stress and tension in the body. This type of yoga fosters mental calmness and mindfulness, contributing to overall well-being.
Gather your props and blankets and find softness in these poses. If you wish, you can hold each pose for around 15-20 minutes if you like. Each pose is designed to completely relax and perhaps to fall asleep a bit. So, make sure you don’t feel any edge, only pure relaxation. I personally love a blanket on my mat, to help the body soften even more.
Supported Savasana
Make yourself comfortable on your back. Place support under your knees and a pillow on your belly. You can rest your hands on blocks. Resting them down helps me to relax my hard-working hands completely.
Legs up the wall
Lie on your back with your hips close to a wall. Extend your legs up the wall, allowing the wall to fully support them. If you feel they might move, use a belt around your legs for added support. Rest your arms as you prefer—on your belly, wide open, or overhead.
Supported side-lying
Place a bolster mat widthwise and lie down on your right side. Rest your right waist over the bolster and place your head on a meditation pillow for support. Optionally, use a prop between your legs to support your top leg and let your top arm be supported by blocks.
Between sides, you can rest on your back with both feet on the floor or bring your knees into the chest.
Supported chest opener
Arrange props to allow your spine and head to fully, deeply rest. Place a meditation pillow on the mat and position a bolster on top of it. Consider rolling a blanket at the beginning of the bolster for added softness on your lower back. Optionally, rest your hands and wrists on blocks once again.
Set a timer so you can deeply rest and relax in each pose. Would you like to be guided in this restorative session? Take a look here, and get access to yoga for every moment.
I wish you a restful session.