Thursdays 7:15 pm

Class runs 60 minutes
Location: Stone Room (room temperature)

Take rest and renew with this gentle and therapeutic yoga practice. It consists of a series of long-resting postures using props for support, intended to cool, soothe, and renew the nervous system. The series will also feature guided loving kindness and compassion meditation, guided cooling pranayama (breath) to compliment resting postures, and close with a healing chant at the end of each practice.

Restorative yoga can boost the immune system, calm the mind and ease stress. It reduces inflammation in the deeper tissues of the body, and lowers blood pressure and heart rates.

The practice is great for all bodies is stages of healing, and all experience levels and ages.

Michelle Girouard began her yogic journey in 1997, in Montreal, by observing restorative yoga, meditation and pranayama. She sought healing and wholeness through yoga, witnessing the mind through the actions of the body, and the spirit path that lies within all practices. Her practice has carried her to the study of Reiki, yogic sound and chant, therapeutic yoga, sacred activism and shamanism. Having been healed, empowered, softened and enlivened by her studies, Michelle was called to train as a yoga instructor at the Kripalu School of Yoga in 2008. She now observes a daily practice of Ashtanga yoga balanced with Yin/Restorative yoga, chant and pranayama. Her passion for teaching has led her to work with students privately and therapeutically, teaching restorative yoga coupled with Reiki. She holds deep gratitude for all her teachers, for the boundless fruits that have blossomed before her while walking the yogic path. For more information on Michelle, please visit: www.michellegirouard.com.