While there’s plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest that practicing yoga asanas (postures) can change your mood, scientific research to understand how and why remains scarce. As it turns out, the link between the poses you’re practicing in Restorative Yoga and how you feel on the inside might just come down to your breath.

Creativity, the source of all innovation, has remained at the forefront of scholarly inquiry by psychologists, therapists and now neuroscientists for decades. Creativity provides innovation at the source of all thought; how it expresses is almost infinite, whether that’s abstract painting, writing a novel, or problem solving when you’re hanging off the side of a cliff on belay. It stands to reason that the more innovative thinking there is happening in society at large, the greater the benefit to us all.

It's too early for a lot of definitive data on how pandemic life has contributed to trends in musculoskeletal disorders, but safe to say that stress and longer periods spent sitting (on Zoom) are likely to deliver an increase in back pain.

In a results-driven lightning speed world where more is being asked of us than ever before, it’s no longer about “finding time” to recover, but recognizing that without preemptive rest we’ll get less done, fall further behind, and feel more overwhelmed than ever.

Are you feeling frazzled, anxious or overwhelmed? Experts agree that the time is now to practice stress reduction strategies to preserve your health and wellbeing. The ongoing financial and social uncertainty surrounding the pandemic has us all on edge, and it’s more important than ever for our health to make time for stress-reduction and self care.

Restorative Yoga uses supported positions to invoke deep relaxation to settle your mind and harmonize your physiology, relieving stress, pain and improving emotional wellbeing.