Restore

Restorative yoga is a form of medicine, a practice that re-balances your nervous system, eliminates stress and improves digestion and sleep. But, if you find yourself resisting, avoiding or even skipping this practice, you are not alone. You might believe you should be “getting something” out of your practice such as strength, sweat or calories burned. But a practice rooted in “go, go, go,” especially over an extended period of time, is not sustainable. As one of my teachers famously says, “the harder you are on anything, the faster you wear it down.”

So today, you give back to yourself. Not because you have to but because you can. Because you realize all 6 of your human dimensions deserve your time, energy and attention so you choose to do this practice each and every time it appears on the calendar from the dimension of awareness, your higher wisdom. If possible, do this practice in the evenings. You’ll need two blocks and a yoga bolster for this.