When you’re feeling tired or stressed, it can be hard to tell what you need most: is it exercise or rest? Restorative yoga practice gives your body the best of both. By using stronger extensions and the time to rest, the nervous system becomes calm and the brain feels soothed. You’ll feel relaxed, refreshed and rejuvenated.
The body also needs a different kind of practice in the morning to that at the end of the day. But in both cases, you need to reconnect brain and body first, so there are supine poses at the beginning of both these sequences.
Morning version: pose number 2 (hold for 4 minutes), then poses 4, 6, 5, 6, 5 at your own pace. (Repeat if you have time and energy!) Finish with Tadasana standing against a wall: lift your chest, roll your shoulders back, head UP and breathe in! Maintain that posture for the day – diaphragm UP – when you feel your energy or enthusiasm dips.
Evening version: (practice slowly) 2, 4, 6, 9, 11. Lying down poses – set alarm for 3-4 minutes. Hold the others long as you can and come out slowly.
Bobby Clennel is coming from the USA as our guest teacher in April 2018.
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