Rest to Rise Ritual
Reset & Recharge
In the hustle and bustle of daily life, it's easy to neglect our need for rest and rejuvenation.
Incorporating restorative yoga into your routine can be a game-changer in prioritizing self-care and nurturing your well-being.
This gentle yet profoundly effective practice is designed to offer solace to your body, mind, and soul amidst the chaos of modern life.
Whether you're a seasoned yogi or a complete beginner, this workshop is accessible to all levels and backgrounds.
Come join us as we embark on a journey of self-care, restoration, and inner transformation through the practice of restorative yoga.
Take this opportunity to reconnect with yourself, replenish your energy, and discover
the profound benefits of nurturing your body, mind, and spirit.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM THE RITUAL
Nervous System Regulation
Restorative yoga offers a sanctuary for your nervous system. By engaging in gentle, supported poses and conscious breathing, you'll stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system, triggering the body's relaxation response. This can lead to reduced stress levels, improved sleep quality, and enhanced overall mood.
Deep Relaxation
Dive into a state of deep relaxation as you surrender to the support of props such as blankets, bolsters, and blocks. These props encourage the body to release tension and unwind, allowing you to experience profound physical and mental relaxation.
Cultivate awareness of you emotions
During the workshop, you will not only experience physical release but also cultivate awareness of your emotional landscape. Through guided meditation and breathwork, you can explore the connection between stored emotions and experience greater harmony within yourself by acknowledging and releasing them.
Mind-Body Connection
Restorative yoga invites you to cultivate mindfulness and awareness of the present moment. By practicing non-judgmental observation of sensations, thoughts, and emotions, you'll enhance your mind-body connection and foster a sense of inner harmony
Enhanced Flexibility and Range of Motion
Despite its gentle nature, restorative yoga can also contribute to improving flexibility and mobility. As you hold passive stretches for extended periods, you'll gently stretch and release tight muscles, promoting greater ease of movement and suppleness in the body.
Recording access
You will keep access to the recording, so you can return to this practice anytime.
ELEMENTS OF THE WORKSHOP
RESTORATIVE YOGA
Restorative yoga is a gentle and therapeutic form of yoga that focuses on deep relaxation and rejuvenation. In restorative yoga, practitioners use props such as blankets, bolsters, and blocks to support the body in passive poses, allowing for prolonged periods of stillness and relaxation.
Overall, restorative yoga offers a nurturing and supportive practice that is accessible to individuals of all levels and abilities, providing a sanctuary for relaxation, healing, and inner balance.
MEDITATION
Meditation with visualization guides you through a mental journey using descriptive
language to evoke vivid imagery.
By immersing yourself in these guided visualizations, you can experience deep relaxation, reduce stress, improve your focus, heightened self-awareness and enhance mindfulness as you tap into the power of your imagination to foster a sense of calm
and inner peace.
BREATHING
Deep conscious breathing can help reduce
stress and anxiety by activating the body's relaxation response, leading to a calmer mind
and improved mood. It enhances oxygen exchange in the body, promoting better circulation and boosting energy levels.
Additionally, regular practice of deep breathing can improve focus and concentration,
aiding in better decision-making and overall mental clarity.
Sliding Scale Payment Options
EXPLANATION OF THE SLIDING SCALE PRICING SYSTEM
SUPPORTED PRICE - discounted option if the regular price is too much of a stretch for you
REGULAR PRICE - as the name suggests,this is the suggested price for the workshop
PAY IT FORWARD - for those able to support those who can't pay the regular price
ABOUT YOUR HOST SARA JAGER
I remember being so bored at the first yoga class I attended that I fell asleep and decided not to go back. Fast forward 2 years, I found myself living and volunteering at a community and retreat center in New Zealand, where there were daily classes available and I fell in love with the variety of yoga styles:
kundalini, vinyasa, yin, laughter yoga, dance yoga…
I also started incorporating meditation into my daily practice and
completed a 10 day silent meditation course Vipassana.
Returning back to my home country Slovenia, I continued my journey and explored different practices
like bikram and ashtanga and did a hatha yoga teacher training and started teaching.
As much as I loved the practices, they felt too restrictive and not always supportive for the female body, so I created Wild Woman Yoga, an approach to yoga created in alignment with the monthly menstrual/lunar cycle. I started teaching this as monthly courses in Malta where I was living at the time and later online. There I also did a restorative yoga training and several online courses on yin yoga. In the last few years I have been learning more about the taoist philosophy and medicine (or traditional Chinese medicine), meridians and the energy flow in the body.
My focus now is on teaching monthly Rest to Rise yoga rituals and themed yoga workshops
(seasonal yin yoga & practical workshops, psoas release, yoga for the menstrual cycle… )
and recording meditations which I share also on Insight Timer.
