Caren Baginski

Why have a Restorative Yoga book when there are so MANY yoga videos online now? Precisely why! There are so many. Some days I do not want to scroll through a bunch of videos and I don't want to be talked to or talked through anything. I want quiet which is why restorative yoga appeals to me after a long day. Restorative yoga was developed by B.K.S. Iyengar of Iyengar yoga. Decorative yoga helps with chronic stress, chronic pain, insomnia, headaches, women's health issues. etc. To practice restorative yoga you need to be warm, quiet, still, and in a dark place. You need yoga props such as blocks, a bolster, a towel, a blanket, a strap, and a mat. To start you need to get to a still place by a breathing sequence and a simple flow to warm up like cat-cow, low lunge, eagle pose, spinal twist. Then the restorative poses. The photos are plentiful and in color. The photos are of men and women and of different ages. The instructions are detailed and clear. Each pose shows a different way to do it according to ability using the props. Each has a suggested amount of time to hold the pose. The last chapter has restorative flows. Somedays I am tense and I just want to do a few poses and stretch my muscles in silence and just hold those poses. Especially now with everything going on in the world. I want to shut out COVID and discord and just Be and Breathe. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this book and stretch in return for a review.… (más)