Restorative Yoga Weekend
Friday, May 23, 2025 – Sunday, May 25, 2025 PDT
IN PERSON with Saraswati
Restorative Yoga is a very gentle yoga practice designed to calm the nervous system and create overall health in the body. It offers simple yet powerful postures that can be integrated into existing yoga classes, healing treatments, or used to teach restorative-specific classes. Restorative Yoga is a regenerative healing tool that reduces stress by supporting the body’s innate responses towards homeostasis and health. Through the use of supported yoga postures, breathing and meditative techniques, a profound sense of relaxation can infuse one’s entire being which leads to healing. Restorative Yoga techniques are helpful in the treatment of nervous system disorders, such as insomnia, hypertension, anxiety, and also with specific ailments such as cancer, although it often used for structural re-alignment and the healing of injuries. When the body is fully supported, it will naturally relax, releasing deeply held tensions. Restorative yoga is the yoga of non-doing, and focuses on effortlessness and ease, using well-placed blankets, bolsters, yoga straps, and chairs to safely support the body in various postures. This process invokes a natural state of balance, regeneration, and healing rest.
Saraswati is a longtime Sivananda Teacher who specializes in Restorative Yoga.
Daily Schedule
Friday 5/23
6:00–7:30pm Yoga Asana Class
7:30pm Vegetarian dinner
Saturday 5/24
6:00–7:15am Satsang (meditation, chanting and a short talk)
7:30am Light breakfast
10:00–11:30am Yoga Asana Class
11:45pm Vegetarian lunch
1:00pm Karma Yoga
2:00–3:30pm Restorative Yoga Class
6:00pm Vegetarian dinner
Sunday 5/25
6:00–7:15am Satsang
8:00am Light breakfast
10:00–11:30am Yoga Asana Class
11:45pm Vegetarian lunch
1:00pm Karma Yoga
2:00–3:30pm Restorative Yoga Class
5:30–7:00pm Satsang and Soup (optional)
