Just 1 Restorative Posture

Just 1 is the key to sorting a tiny space for peace and restoration in your day.  In these sessions Ashley will guide you into just one restorative posture, providing a short experience of restoration.  These sessions are between 15-20 minutes to enjoy a bit of space out of your busy day.  Whether you practice during your lunchtime break or just before bedtime, you’ll be squeezing in a bit of relaxation into your busy day and your body will thank you for it!

20 min

Just One Restorative Posture – Fish

In this Just One Restorative Posture video we will be exploring the Restorative Fish Posture. Depending how you set this posture up, this shape can have a fair bit of back extension.  Creating a broadening of the front of the ribcage (often referred to as a ‘heart opening’ posture in yoga).  Lifting the ribcage can bring attention to your breath, feeling the expansion and contraction of the lungs.  This shape also brings attention to the throat area – lengthening in the cervical spine.  This shape can offer a sense of uplift during relaxation. Precautions:
  • Be mindful of how your back feels in this shape (pay particular attention to your lower back and your neck)
Equipment needed:
  • Blankets (2 or 3)
  • Blocks/Bricks
  • Perhaps a cushion
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20 minutes

Just 1 Restorative Posture – Reclining Bond Angle Posture

In this Just 1 session Ashley will guide you into, through and out of a reclining bound angle posture.  Judith Hason Lassater calls this posture ‘the queen of all restorative postures,’ and we’d agree it’s a pretty grand posture indeed.  Supporting the spine in a reclining shape offers a possible sense of containment or holding from which one might explore the opposite sensation of yielding or ease within the body.  This one is one we could stay in ALL DAY LONG! This shape is one of the few restorative postures that are possible during pregnancy. Equipment:
  • Bolster (firm sofa cushion or stack of firm blankets)
  • Blankets (the more the merrier)
  • Yoga belt (or a scarf or resistance band)
  • Yoga blocks or bricks (or something sturdy for stacking)
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20 minutes

Just 1 Restorative Posture – Front Lying Savasana

In this Just 1 session Ashley will guide you into, through and out of a front lying savasana restorative posture.  Bringing your body into a prone position can draw the sensory organs of the eyes, ears  inward away from external stimulation, allowing a smoother transition away from the sympathetic system (of activity/fight/flight) towards the parasympathetic system (of rest/digest).  This posture can be supportive for the front of the spine (an often explored possibility for added support), creating the possibility of experiencing the spaciousness of the back of the body. Precautions:
  • Not a posture to practise during pregnancy
  • Not an ideal posture when you have a sinus headache or sinus congestion
Equipment needed:
  • Bolster (or a stack of firm blankets or a firm cushion like a sofa cushion)
  • Blankets (the more the merrier)
  • Block or a book
   
£1.00

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