A restorative practice is more of a yin style of yoga, as opposed to more yang styles that involve more movement and more muscular effort. Self-paced online restorative yoga teacher training courses teach all that is needed to know to teach yoga safely and effectively.
Restorative Yoga creates Condition for Relaxation Response
The actual effort involved in restorative yoga is the willingness to look at how and where the practitioner is holding tension, and to relax the body on the ground, allowing the breath to come in more. In restorative yoga, the practitioner lets go of all muscular effort, trust the earth to hold the individual completely. This creates a deep release and eases the body and teaches how to keep working and doing even when it’s not necessary. This makes the practitioner go back into regular activities in more articulate and wise ways.
The grounding, complete, full breathing, and quietness of restorative yoga helps the practitioner elicit the relaxation response. It is a neurological response that tells human beings that they are safe, pulls out flight or fight mode, and initiates the body’s self-healing process.
Conclusion
Restorative yoga urges practitioners to stop engaging in all the doing and face what they need to look at about themselves. This is an essential step for health and healing, for true renewal.
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