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Practicing Stillness: A restorative/yin practice to support the possibility of fully resting into stillness. We move through fully supported front body openers, side body releases, pigeon pose, wide legged forward fold and sit at the end. It is a nourishing practice that supports an exploration of rest, stillness and awareness.
Honouring our tiredness: Sometimes all we really need to do is honour the fact that we are really tired. In this class we spend 15 minutes simply resting in 4 restorative postures, and work with breath and visualisations to honour and release fatigue. Props: Bolster or two sleeping pillows, a blanket or two and possibly a block will come in handy if you have one available.
Floor based flow: A supportive and somatic floor based practice to wiggle and roll on the ground moving though spinal rotations, shoulder release, playing with weight shift, free form flow and fully unholding into the support of the ground. Nurturing, gentle and powerful. Just over 35 minutes running time.
Downward facing savasana: A guided rest practice exploring downward facing savasana. Soften your skin and ease into the support of earth beneath and space above; relish and replenish. Can be used as a practice on it’s own, or before or after another shorter class when you want some extra quiet rest. You can do this without props, but if you have the following they can be wonderful additions: A bolster or two (or 3 sleeping pillows), a yoga block (or rolled up towel), a blanket or two, and an eye pillow (or rolled up hand towel)
Flow & Restore: Start slowly, enjoy rolling movements on the ground, sneak into a little flow and settle into some restorative postures to close. A go to fave when I need to move, rest and replenish in equal measure. Props: 2 Blankets and a bolster or two sleeping pillows/ large cushion.
Winter Solstice - a personal retreat for your nervous system: A 2 hour deep reset for your nervous system. This is a solstice practice but you can use it any time of year when you need support in slowing down and receiving the nourishment of stillness. We use a wide variety of practices to ease into stillness, beginning with sound, a little bit of movement to shake things up in order to settle into a floor based somatic flow focused on finding space around the ribs and spine, and finally dropping into longer held restorative postures, a mini sound bath and chanting to close. Treat Yourself! Props: Bolster or two pillows, yoga block if you have, 3 blankets, chair or wall.
When you’re not sure if you need to move or chill: A stretchy relaxing flow that starts with a floor sequence and sneaks you into some standing movement to invigorate and get the blood moving before settling into a brief meditation at the end to anchor into the dynamic and alive nature of stillness.
Short, sweet, mellow flow: Practice 25 minutes of self nurturance in this mainly floor based flow with a focus on hip and side body release, spinal twist explorations, and a little meditation at the end.
Time to rest: Rest into the medicine of stillness as we move through postures that support relaxation into quiet, and gently revitalise from the inside out. We will work with awareness cultivation as a way to navigate the sometimes challenging mental aspect of stillness practices. We will use two blankets, a bolster (or a couple of pillows) and a chair.
Yield: a mini workshop exploring one of the fundamental movement principles that you can apply to any type of movement. Starts with a 5 minute explanation of 'yield' and then moves into a simple practice to experience it for yourself. Such a game changer for finding more ease and support in motion and stillness.
