Methods Information & Background
Therapeutic Yoga features restorative sequences based on adjusted alignment and strong emphasis on increasing range of motion and release by using sandbags, bolsters and blankets synchronized with breath work. This is a safe and effective practice to release tension, resolve your holding patterns and feel less restriction in your body. Suitable for those living with chronic health conditions or prefer to go deeper into their practice. Click on Yoga Classes above for information on which classes maybe the best for you.
Taking regular time out to relax and renew is essential to living well. Restorative Yoga is a powerful tool to reduce stress and restore health; to balance systems and turn on your body’s natural healing capacity. The focus of this class is to gently lengthen and rehabilitate connective tissue that forms around the joints. We use simple breathing techniques to soothe and tone your organs, strengthen your respiratory and immune system and calm your mind. This is a relaxing and rejuvenating class to soothe your nervous system, quiet your mind and release deeply held tension. My teaching style is to support your poses with alignment adjustments that enhance range of motion and cultivate flexible muscle tone. We use a variety of props, including bolsters, straps, blocks, sandbags and blankets, to support and stabilize the body. This helps to promote renewal of the body and mind and release dysfunctional holding patterns.
Each Yoga Session explores inversions which reverses the effects of gravity, improves circulation, nourishes the organs, soothes the nervous system and refreshes the skin cells in the face. Inversions reduce fluid retention & fatigue. Time spent upside down is one of the best things you can do for yourself. Restorative Yoga is a wonderful way to incorporate self-care into your life and generate the energy you need. This is an active relaxation designed around cultivating a space for reflection and mind/body awareness.
Nicole Williams began her interest in mind body awareness training while studying Zazen Meditation in Japan in 1988. She went on to get a BA in Dance and Movement Therapy at Evergreen State College in 1992, working in the hospital system doing movement therapy with the Alzheimer elderly population. As an avenue to increase the understanding of her body/mind connection, Nicole took an Yoga teacher training programs in 1998 and ventured into many styles of Yoga including Yin Yoga with Paul Grilley & Sarah Powers, Vinyasa Yoga with Theresa Elliott and Meditation with Pema Chodron. She enjoys threading the knowledge cultivated from practice into her own version threading poses together using props to influence the body’s innate healing potential. Nicole is known for inspiring the lives of her students with a passion for inquiring into individual needs for rehabilitation, recovery and centering ourselves through simple breath awareness dialogue. Nicole stays active in her Yoga studies with primary interests in Expanded Alignment and Restorative Yoga inspired by Judith Hanson Lasater.
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541.848.9156 Nicole@SundogYoga.me
