A Confession and 5 Things That Make A Pose Truly Restorative

What makes a yoga pose truly restorative? Aru shares her journey from chasing challenging asanas to discovering the importance of deep rest. She explores the origins of restorative yoga, its roots in the Iyengar tradition, and the five qualities that make a pose restorative: support, stillness, warmth, silence, and darkness. Learn how these elements help the nervous system settle, why Mauna and sensory withdrawal matter, and how restorative yoga prepares us for unsupported Shavasana and a deeper experience of rest.

Episode Highlights:

• Confessions of a Yogaholic
• Movement and the Goal of Stillness
• Understanding Restorative Yoga
• Restorative Yoga’s Iyengar Roots
• The Autonomic Nervous System
• Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Responses
• Support and Intelligent Prop Use
• Stillness and Proprioception
• Warmth and Nervous System Regulation
• Mauna and the Practice of Silence
• Pratyahara and Sensory Withdrawal
• Darkness and the Oculocardiac Reflex
• Restorative Yoga and the Five Koshas
• The Goal of Unsupported Shavasana
• From Doing Shavasana to Being in Shavasana
• Restorative Yoga Teacher Training

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