Yoga for you

Benefits of Yoga

Aqua Yoga and Gentle Chair Yoga can help you feel peaceful and balanced, releasing stress and tension. These forms of yoga, along with Restorative Yoga, prepare your body and mind for comfortable seated meditation. Engaging in Yoga for you promotes a sense of calm and centeredness, even amidst the stresses of everyday life. Additionally, practices such as Yoga Nidra and Yoga Therapy teach you to be a more detached observer, enabling you to avoid over-reacting to various situations.

Aqua Yoga, specifically Aqua kriya yoga, is highly beneficial for students dealing with a variety of health issues. You’ll find it enjoyable even if you’re perfectly healthy and simply like working out in warm water. The pool is maintained at a soothing 85 degrees, and classes are held outdoors from April to October. The water provides essential support, assisting individuals with balance or mobility problems, while also offering resistance that helps build strength as you transition into various postures. Participants often utilize the side of the pool and foam “noodles” for added support. All postures are performed standing in this class, making it a gentle and enjoyable experience thanks to the buoyancy of the water. Final relaxation is done in the hot tub, providing a delightful conclusion to this restful Aqua Yoga class. Additionally, for those seeking a more restorative experience, our studio offers Gentle Chair Yoga and Restorative Yoga classes. We also provide Yoga for you sessions, Yoga Nidra, and Yoga Therapy to cater to all needs.

Yoga Nidra, or yogic sleep, is an incredibly relaxing and de-stressing lying down meditation. We practice Yoga Nidra once a season, approximately every three months, in place of our regular Saturday 10:30 am class, making it a unique addition to our offerings alongside Aqua Yoga and Gentle Chair Yoga. 

This practice is suitable for everyone, from children to adults, and it can even be done in a seated position, making it a versatile option in our restorative yoga sessions. Yoga Nidra facilitates a wonderful deep relaxation by allowing us to disengage effortlessly from the anxious mind and enter that serene space between waking and sleep. This approach is a form of yoga therapy that trains the body and mind to detach from stress-producing thoughts, profoundly restoring the body from excess tension. It's truly yoga for you, helping to enhance overall well-being.

Gentle Chair Yoga is a gentle yoga practice that promotes relaxation and conscious breathing techniques, making it ideal for people with injuries, those who are overweight, or individuals with a limited range of motion. This form of restorative yoga can significantly increase your flexibility while decreasing tension and pain. It’s perfect for those who may struggle to get up or down from the floor. Gentle Chair Yoga postures can effectively stretch your hands, wrists, arms, back, hips, and feet. These postures may also strengthen your abdominal muscles, deepen your breath, and help lower high blood pressure. In addition, you can eliminate stress through seated meditation techniques that promote relaxation and mental focus, making it a wonderful choice among yoga therapies. For those interested in expanding their practice, Aqua Yoga and Yoga Nidra provide additional therapeutic options tailored just for you.

Restorative Yoga consists of all passive, supported postures, typically practiced while lying down, which are held for 5 – 7 minutes each. It is a deeply relaxing practice that serves as an excellent method for stress management. Students experiencing insomnia, chronic fatigue, anxiety, depression, high blood pressure, or other cardiovascular issues may find significant benefits from Restorative Yoga. Additionally, individuals recovering from recent surgeries or women in the post-partum period can also enjoy the advantages of this gentle practice. For those engaged in more intense yoga styles, such as Aqua Yoga or Gentle Chair Yoga, incorporating Restorative Yoga offers a perfect balance in their overall yoga journey. It's important that students are able to get up off the floor by the end of this 75-minute Yoga Therapy class, which may also include elements of Yoga Nidra for deeper relaxation.

Rosalie believes that changes in the body lead to a more effective physical and psychological wellbeing than just verbal and intellectual understanding of problems. Yoga therapy, including modalities like Gentle Chair Yoga and Restorative Yoga, can be particularly helpful for addressing physical and emotional concerns. A one-hour yoga therapy session incorporates passive and supported yoga postures, such as Aqua Yoga and Yoga Nidra, along with some verbal processing of feelings, tailored specifically as Yoga for you.

Email Rosalie at ro.yoga40@gmail.com for the latest class schedule, including Aqua Yoga, Gentle Chair Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Yoga for You, Yoga Nidra, and Yoga Therapy, as well as any possible changes.