Log In
Or create an account ->
Imperial Library
Home
About
News
Upload
Forum
Help
Login/SignUp
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1
What is “Restorative Yoga”?
A Brief History of Yoga in the West
Explanation
Chapter 2
What Is The Puja Method of Restorative Yoga?
Chapter 3
The Art of Relaxation
Chapter 4
Teaching a Restorative Yoga Class
Preparing to Teach
Understanding Your Students
Holding Space
How to Demo
Tone
Props Needed
Organization of Students, Props and Space
Observation and Reading of Students
Energetics of Alignment
Chapter 5
Warm-ups to Prepare for Your Restorative Flow
Creating Your Warm-up Flow
Chapter 6
Postures and Hands-on Adjustments
Touching Students with Consciousness
Kinds of Touch
Matching Touch with Students’ Needs
The Energetics of Touch
How to Protect Your Body and Energy When Assisting Students
Basic Assists
Chapter 7
Understanding the Nature of the Mind
The Science of the Body, Mind and Stress Connection
Understanding the Nature of the Mind From a Yogic Perspective
Mindfulness
Looking at the Mind from a Quantum Perspective
Mind-Emotion Connection
Staying Out of Your Personal Story
Linking Breath with Thoughts
Affirmations, Mantras and Sounds of the Chakras
Prayer
Gratitude
Visualizations
Calling in Different Energies
Music versus Silence
Helpful Words
Chapter 8
Pranayama, Yogic Breath
Full Yogic Breath
Ujjayi Breath
Nadi Shodana with Breath
Nadi Shodana Energetically
Chapter 9
Addressing Different Types of Students
Chapter 10
Restorative Asanas (Postures) in Detail
Seated and Forward Bends
Supported Baddha Konasana (Supported Cobbler’s Pose)
Standing Supported Uttanasana (Standing Supported Forward Bend)
Supported Upavista Konasana (Supported Seated Wide Angle)
Balasana (Supported Child’s Pose)
Supported Janu Sirsasana (Seated Angle Head to Knee)
Supported Paschimottanasana, Forward Bend
Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog)
Back Bends
Setubandha Sarvangasana (Supported Bridge)
Viparita Dandasana (Backbend with Chair)
Inversions
Viparita Karani (Legs up the Wall)
Salamba Sarvangasana (Supported Shoulder Stand)
Supine (Lying Down) and Twists
Supta Baddha Konasana (Reclining Bound Angle Pose)
Supta Virasana (Reclining Hero Pose)
Supported Supta Padangusthasana (Reclining Big Toe Pose)
Utthita Marichyasana (Seated and Standing Twist with Chair)
Balasana with Twist (Face Down Forward Reclining Twist with a Bolster)
Savasana (Corpse Pose)
Chapter 11
Pregnancy and Beyond: A Special Time in a Woman’s Life
Getting Pregnant
Pregnancy
Postnatal
Seated and Open Legs, Forward Bends and Elongations
Supported Baddha Konasana (Supported Cobbler’s Pose)
Standing Supported Uttannasana (Standing Supported Forward Bend)
Supported Upavista Konasana (Supported Seated Wide Angle)
Balasana (Supported Child’s Pose)
Supported Janu Sirsasana (Seated Angle Head to Knee)
Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog)
Pregnancy Inversion
Supported Salamba Sarvangasana (Supported Shoulder Stand)
Supine (Lying Back) and Side Lying
Supta Baddha Konasana (Reclining Bound Angle Pose)
Supta Virasana (Reclining Hero Pose)
Savasana (Corpse Pose)
Chapter 12
Sequencing for Your Class or Individual Students
Working with Specific Conditions
Sequence for Getting Pregnant, Pre-Pregnancy
Sequence for Pregnancy
Sequence for Postnatal 1
Sequence for Postnatal 2
A General Sequence for Stress, Anxiety, Fibromyalgia, or Chronic Fatigue
Sequence for Depression (long)
Sequence for Depression (short)
Sequence for Depression (shorter)
Sequence for Exhaustion
Sequence for Headache
Sequence for PMS
Sequence for Menstruation
Sequence for Menopause
About the Author
About the Models
References
← Prev
Back
Next →
← Prev
Back
Next →