Restorative Yoga Workshop
Experience Deep Yogic Relaxation with Camilla Sinclair & Katie Beroukhim

Yoga can work for many different types of bodies, many different stages in life, and for each person’s many different moods. While for some a Power Yoga class may seem like the way to go, for others a gentle restorative or Yin Yoga class may be optimal. For some people their needs change daily. However, the restorative effects of yoga should never be over-looked, no matter what age, and sometimes slowing down the practice, going deeper in poses, and just feeling the restorative power of them does wonders for the body.

Benefits of Restorative Yoga
Restorative Yoga focuses on relaxing the body in restful postures. Note that ‘rest’ is different than sleep. Rest provides the body an opportunity to renew and heal. Countless studies have proven the physical and emotional benefits of this.

Restorative yoga, as well as other forms of yoga, help to trigger the Parasympathetic nervous system also known as the PNS. The PNS is responsible for balancing the body and bringing its response system back into equilibrium. Stimulating the PNS helps to lower heart rate, blood pressure; it helps to healthily stimulate the immune system and keep the endocrine system operating healthily. When this system gets out of whack, or when the Sympathetic nervous system, SNS gets over-stimulated, the PNS helps to bring all back in balance. It is believed that is the PNS is tapped out or under-active, illness pervades. Thus, forms of relaxation, such as yoga and meditation, that help to stimulate the PNS are generally beneficial for overall body health.

$55 per person (Earlrbird price extended until May 19th!)
Limit 20 students

NO YOGA EXPERIENCE NECESSARY

You may sign up for the whole series or for individual sessions.

Friday
Observing and Adjusting Asana   11:00 – 1:00
Learn core principles of alignment and observation so you can see when a student’s pose could benefit from adjustments, then learn how to make the adjustments safely and effectively, using words, visual guidance, hands or props. This class provides essential training that every yoga teacher should have. It’s also valuable for non-teachers who wish to refine and deepen their asana practice.

Breathing: Physiology and Practice   2:30 – 5:30
This class will teach you the basics of breathing science, and how to use it to make your pranayama and everyday life better. We will review respiration from the molecular level up to effects on consciousness. You will learn and practice breathing “mechanics” and physiology from a yoga perspective.

Saturday
Backbends: Anatomy and Practice   11:00 – 2:00
Improve and deepen your backbends by understanding the anatomy of the hips, spine, trunk and shoulders, and applying it to a thorough backbends practice.

Inversions: Physiology and Practice   4:00 – 7:00
When you turn upside-down, your physiology changes dramatically. Your blood pressure, heart beat, circulation, breathing, hormones, and brain activity are all affected. Learn what happens, how it works, and how to use it to get the most out of your practice of both head-up and head-down postures. Alternative postures will be offered for those who cannot practice full inversions.

Sunday
Relaxation: Physiology and Practice   1:00 – 4:00
The ancient yogis developed ingenious ways to produce profound relaxation by triggering reflexes that we are all born with. Learn the physiology that makes restorative yoga postures so remarkably effective, then put it to use in a long, deep relaxation practice.

Yoga Tree – Telegraph
2807 Telegraph Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94705
(510) 486-1989
Email: moc.fseertagoynull@spohskrow

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