Restorative Yoga Classes
Experience the power of self-care with Down Under's curated collection, featuring restorative yoga, flow & restore sequences, guided relaxation, breathing practices, and yoga nidra. Let our expert faculty help you unwind and create a peaceful sanctuary at home, fostering deep relaxation and renewal.
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Restorative: Fall into Stillness • Jojo Reger • 60 min
Jojo believes one of the most powerful tools to contentment and joy in life can be found by experiencing stillness and becoming quiet through a yoga practice. Her class setting is safe and sacred. Join her for this 60-minute Relax & Renew filmed at our Newton studio in October 2024.
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Restorative: Candlelit Relaxation • Jojo Reger • 60 min
Jojo believes one of the most powerful tools to contentment and joy in life can be found by experiencing stillness and becoming quiet through a yoga practice.
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Restorative: Yin Midwinter Wind Down • Emily Peterson • 60 min
Join Emily Peterson for a 60 minute yin practice to restore the connective tissues and unburden the body.
Suggested props: blocks, bolsters, pillows, blankets — get cozy!
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Restorative: Slow Flow Preparing for Yoga Nidra • Masaaki Okamura • 60 min
Masaaki Okamura shares a restorative sequence followed by a full yoga nidra guided relaxation practice. Perfect before bed or any time of day when you're feeling the need to rest and restore.
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Restorative: Hip Release and Deep Reset • Marco Vinci • 40 minutes
This 30 minute restorative practice will help release and reset the hips.
Pair this practice with a hip strengthening sequence designed to relieve tension by increasing stability: https://www.downunderondemand.com/videos/flow-release-tension-with-intention-strong-hips-marco-vinci-30-minutes
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Restorative: Neck & Shoulders • Kate Heffernan • 36 minutes
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Restorative: Slow Flow Shoulder Work • Masaaki Okamura • 35 min
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Restorative: Supported Shoulder Stand • Franny Diaz Gilligan • 10 minutes
Explore the ever-changing sensations of long held inversions with Franny. Fill your asana, sarvangasana, with ease.
Props: 3 blankets, block
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Restorative: Hips and Spine • David Magone • 50 min
David Magone guides a 50 minute low to the ground restorative practice for the hips and spine, as well as his signature "bio hacking" techniques to reduce stress. This is the perfect class to end your work week.
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Restorative: Evening Wind Down • Tristan Binns • 30 Minutes
This shorter practice will prepare your body and mind for a quiet evening or sleep at the end of the day, and can also be useful at any time to calm a racing mind or restless body.
You will need 3-4 blankets (towels will work too) and a chair of any kind (a sofa or armchair will work too), and a... -
Restorative: Slow Flow with Franny Diaz Gilligan • 30 min
This class asks you to surrender to softness and explore the depths of your breath as you gingerly move through deep stretching postures. Class finishes with a long savasana.
Suggested Props: Blanket, Bolster or Pillow, 2 Blocks
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Restorative: Full Body Release • David Magone • 50 min
This all-levels, floor-based sequence will help you release deep layers of tension throughout your body. A short guided breathwork session is included toward the end to help you erase stress.
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Flow: Slow Stretch to Meditate • Sabbi Lall • 10 min
Suggested props: two blocks
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Restorative: Shoulder Tension Reset • David Magone • 30 min
This short sequence will help you ring out an entire day’s worth of shoulder tension in under thirty minutes. Practice every other day for best effects.
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Restorative: Greatest Hits • Tristan Binns • 40 min
Join Tristan for this perfect rest at any time of the day, or especially to unwind before going to sleep. If you’re tired but a nap is not possible, try this practice instead for a refreshing reset. Restorative poses good for any time of the day or before sleep.
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Restorative: Greatest Hits • Tristan Binns • 40 min
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Restorative: Stress Relief • David Magone • 30 min
This short class is designed to help you unwind. The practice includes seated hip and hamstring opening, a full spectrum of stretches for your spine, shoulder opening postures, and short guided breathwork exercises for stress relief.
Suggested props: bolster
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Restorative: Relax and Let Go • David Magone • 50 min
A floor based, relaxing practice for stress relief and full body flexibility.
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Restorative: Slow Flow Basics • Claire Este McDonald • 25 min
Learning to relax is an art and takes practice. In this class you will learn the basics that support the flow of prana through breath and mental relaxation.
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Restorative: Breath & Body • David Magone • 60 min
Floor based stretches for the entire body and a guided fifteen minute breathwork practice.
Suggested props: bolster
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Restorative: Happy Hips and Shoulders • David Magone • 55 min
This floor based practice will help you passively release tension from your hips, spine and shoulders. The practice includes a guided breath work practice for stress relief as well.
Suggested props: bolster
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Restorative: Prepare for Sleep • Tristan Binns • 20 mins
This restorative practice will prepare the body, and therefore the mind, to be ready to sleep. Also a good break and rest at any point during the day. We use simple props to create supportive poses that work with your body's systems to move you into a restful state. Poses are held for up to 5 min...
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Restorative: Full Body Full Release • David Magone • 60 min
This class includes guided breathwork for stress-relief, a floor based sequence of postures designed to release physical tension and calm anxiety and a full guided meditation.
Suggested Props: bolster
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Restorative: Back & Spine Unwind • David Magone • 60 min
Explore floor-based hip opening postures, tension-relieving stretches for your back and spine, and guided breath work for anxiety relief.
Suggested Props: bolster