Restorative Yoga is one of the gentlest forms of yoga available. Restorative Yoga is about moving away from a state of doing and into a state of being. Each pose is held 5 - 20 minutes to allow time to unwind and experience healing rest.

Restorative Yoga can help make yoga accessible for people with many health issues including high blood pressure, anxiety, arthritis, vertigo, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, depression, and chronic pain.

Benefits of Restorative Yoga:

• Promotes inner peace and tranquility

• Improves memory

• Increases concentration

• Increases mental clarity

• Supports immune system function

• Soothes the nervous system

• Releases stress

• Improves circulation to and function of organs and organ systems

• Regulates blood pressure

• Reduces depression

• Reduces dependency on medications

• Relieves or reduces headaches

• Supports the recovery from illness

In Anticancer Living, Cohen (2016) tells us, “Patients who exercised while undergoing chemo or radiation were more likely to have received all their treatments on time; experienced increased self-esteem and physical functioning; reported less brain fog and more mental clarity; experienced less fatigue and improved sleep; reported less nausea and improved appetite; experienced less nerve pain and numbness in extremities, had improved mood and less depression and anxiety; experienced shorter hospital stays and fewer trips to the doctor; and, most important, experienced a higher general quality of life” (p. 205). Sounds like a protocol we all should embrace. Healthy living through movement!

In honor of this life-sustaining practice, you are invited to join us in “15-minutes of movement” on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The sessions, which will be held on Zoom, will be at 9:30 and 4:30 pm. Take a break and enjoy 15 minutes that will help reinvigorate your day. Each day the movement will be a bit different so that we learn all sorts of different movement techniques to add to our daily movement quota.

This program is being offered to you via Zoom only, which is a virtual/online platform that is FREE and accessible with any smartphone, laptop, desktop, or tablet. To access the Zoom link, please register here and login information will be sent to you with your confirmation email. You will also receive a reminder email the morning of the program with the same information. For any questions, please contact a member of our staff directly at (602) 712-1006 or info@cscaz.org. Thank you.