You will have heard of restorative yoga, a softer and slower yoga suitable for a multitude of practitioners. Today from Sincronia Yoga we explain the benefits of restorative yoga for body and mind.
What is restorative yoga?
The restorative yoga It is a vision of hatha-yoga designed to restore our state of natural health. Tools from different disciplines are used, both yoga, somatic theories, emotional release, etc., to return the practitioner to a natural state of calm, tranquillity and inner peace. Restore health and vitality.
In Sincronia Yoga we like to fit restorative yoga into movement and slow thinking. From the slow there is time to healFrom the slow there is time to observe, breathe and meet again. Stop fighting, take care of yourself... You don't have to suffer to achieve a goal, taking care of yourself is also loving yourself inside and out.
The recovery of the state of natural health is one of the great benefits and objective of restorative yoga.
When to practice restorative yoga?
It is a yoga very suitable for moments of stress and recovery from minor injuries, but it is also a complementary yoga to other more intense practices. Thus, people with lives of great mental intensity or that include a physical tiredness, you will find restorative yoga a great ally.
Many yoga practitioners choose restorative practice at the end of the day, since it facilitates a state of relaxation and comfort before going to sleep.
Let us now see the benefits of restorative yoga practice for both the body and the mind.
Benefits of restorative yoga
The big ones benefits of yoga practice with a restorative approach or restorative yoga are adaptation to each person and mental calm.
Let's see it in detail:
- Ease and adaptation for all types of practitioners. Restorative practices are slow, deliberate and over time. The use of supports is included for greater convenience and comfort and that makes them suitable for most practitioners. The postures adapt to the person and not the other way around. They are close postures that everyone can practice safely.
- No hurry. You'll come in slow, you'll practice slow, and you'll come out with this attitude of slowness and kindness. Finding your own rhythm when practicing but also in everyday life.
- Stress relief surface of the body, both at the muscle and joint level. The slow and pleasant movements, the time dedicated to each posture and the close approximation to yoga postures, make restorative yoga a great resource to relieve the tension of everyday life. The one we see and the one we don't see.
- Joint release. By seeking slow, organic joint movements, another benefit of restorative yoga is joint release. The slow movements nourish them from the inside, reactivating the circulation of water to the body.
- Repair and recovery of tissues and structures. By making the muscles more flexible, stretching, taking breaks, and adapting, restorative yoga facilitates the natural recovery and repair of our body. This organizes itself inside, reduces inflammation and begins to circulate again.
- Observation of calm breathing. Restorative practice uses conscious observation of breathing and other pranayama techniques to release tension, regain health, and pause our body. Each posture invites observation, air entering, air leaving, you don't have to do anything else.
- Activation of the parasympathetic system. The great ally of our practice, slowness, voice, pauses, breathing, everything leads you to this state of calm as a result of the activation of our parasympathetic system. The heart rate pauses, breathing flows smoothly, salivation is activated, your body relaxes and you begin to relax.
- Mental calm. The consequence of the above is this state of mental calm, where looping thoughts disappear and you, your true essence, your being, appear.
As you have seen, the benefits of restorative yoga are multiple and are added to the traditional benefits of yoga practice. I invite you to check them out for yourself in one of our restorative yoga classes accompanied by the great professionals of Sincronia Yoga.