Rest is a skill.
It can be practised.
Restorative yoga in Copenhagen for people who are good at everything except stopping.
Bolsters, blankets and low light. Nothing to achieve.
Rest is not the reward for finishing your work. It is the part of the training that makes the rest of it usable — and, for most people, the part that has never actually been taught.
What a class is actually like
Four ways to stop
Four practices, all of them close to the floor.
Supported shapes, held long enough to actually let go.
Guided rest, lying down, eyes closed, nothing to achieve.
Enough movement to make the stillness land.
Built for people whose sleep does not follow the sun.
Before your first class
Do I need to be flexible?
No. Everything is supported with bolsters and blankets. Flexibility is not involved.
What if I fall asleep?
That is fine, and common. You will not be woken up.
How long is a class?
Sixty minutes, of which roughly forty are spent lying down.
Is this exercise?
Not in the way you mean. It is the other half of training.
Notes on rest
Everything taught in the room, written down for the nights you cannot get here.
RestorativeRest is a skill
Why lying down is harder than it sounds, and how to get better at it.
NidraWhat all the props are actually for
Bolsters, blocks, blankets and straps, without the mysticism.
SleepYoga nidra, explained plainly
What the practice is, and what it is not.
PropsSleeping when your shifts move
Rest strategies for nurses, pilots and night staff.
Shift workWhen stillness makes you anxious
A common and unhelpfully under-discussed problem.
BeginnersTwenty minutes of rest beats a nap
The case for non-sleep rest in the middle of a day.
Who teaches
