Restorative Yoga
With long working hours and living in the city, our minds can have a burnout.
There are days when you’ll wake up and think of giving it all up and buying a cabin in the woods where you wish you could sleep without worry of money or food. In those burn out phases, nothing feels right.
Combine the stress of work with the trend of takeout in the city, and we now see more and more people complain of chronic medical problems at a very young age.
Psychiatric problems such as anxiety, depression, insomnia and eating disorders are increasing in incidence, alongside other problems such as hypertension, migraines, ulcers and dependency on alcohol and recreational substances.
All of these medical problems have one core source: stress.
People today need to eliminate stress from their lives, or reduce it to a tolerable level. Some people take up exercise such as running or jogging, some people go on a vacation at every burn out, while some take up other hobbies such as baking, reading or knitting.
Regular yoga practice allows a person to take out time for meditation – free their mind from daily worries. Restorative yoga aims to eliminate stress with minimal work by the individual and without putting them through the stress of complex asanas. Restorative yoga aims to calm down the mind, by making the body accept a state of rest.
Most people have trouble putting their mind at ease – and that is where restorative yoga comes into place. With simple asanas with or without the use of props, the body adopts a state of rest – and the yogi can close their eyes, take deep breaths and make the mind rest as well.
The only major obstacle people encounter with restorative yoga is staying still for 30 minutes – we’ve become a restless folk in the last few decades.
A lot of people ask – how do we know Restorative Yoga works?
People can sit in a position for 30 minutes and it wouldn’t make a difference.
The key is to stop the mind from buzzing, and relax from within. How do you know your session of Restorative Yoga worked? Notice how deeply you sleep that night and notice the difference in your mood and outlook on your forthcoming day.
A well-rested mind is a positive mind, and you will actually look forward to your day at work – no matter how boring it is!
