Find Peace This Weekend in Jersey City

Find Peace This Weekend in Jersey City cause I am teaching an all new restorative yoga class …   peace – do you find it elusive?

Finding Peace In Jersey City

Restorative Yoga Class Jersey City  ~ Restorative Yoga: This is exactly what is being recommended as a Yoga practice to promote recovery. Whether you are an athlete and find it hard to rebalance from high energy workouts, or whether the daily grind leaves you worn out, restorative yoga is fast becoming the new go-to practice.  This is a series not to be missed as it promotes flexibility and the rest and digest mechanisms necessary for optimum health.  Learn strategic prop supported “being” and “still” asanas that deepen your experience of yoga.  Whether you are new to yoga, looking to refine your yoga practice, or balance out an active existence, this series will give you the opportunity as well as provide you with relaxation and breathing techniques to combat the stresses of daily life. The class is a 1 hour 35 minute format, and will also cover pranayama and savasana. Come chill! Here’s the link to the calendar:  https://ranawaxman.com/calendar/

Not convinced? check this out “Their findings showed that the restorative yoga practitioners lost significantly more subcutaneous fat over the initial 6 months of the study period, and kept losing it during a maintenance period with less direct supervision. There was no significant loss of visceral fat in either group.” and the following article which stresses the crucial role of recovery: “Without question, yoga provides excellent opportunities for recovery. But restorative yoga—a specific, passive style of this popular mind-body technique—can be of particular use to fitness professionals with stressed-out, maxed-out clients. Here are practical strategies for introducing restoratives into your client’s everyday routines to promote recovery and relaxation…Restorative yoga combats fatigue, balances tight muscles, reduces overtraining injuries, speeds recovery from illness or injury, and reduces depression and anxiety”

 the dance for peace

 

sunrise yoga

sunrise yoga : Good morning! You did it! You woke up, got dressed, packed your yoga props and converged at this beautiful site in Jersey City. You were able to honour yourselves, and honour all the noises from the traffic, the random musician next to us and the daily drama of the mind in daily life. You started with a calm breath. You focused on learning the skills to work the knees in standing poses without overloading the joints, you gained stability.  You allowed yourself to notice where you are off balance and that self-reflection is now helping you make nourishing choices off the mat the rest of the day.

By the end of the class, after our warmups and doing poses, you allowed deeper levels of relaxation through our restorative segment. By the time this photo was taken (as I watched the clock on my iphone, having left my watch home) you were in Savasana. Since we had worked the legs, this ledge worked perfectly to rest the entire back leg from knee to ankle. I folded your mats up under your heads to keep the foreheads higher than your chins. Your back softened, you sighed, you forgot where you were enough to connect with your inner core of peace. You did it this morning at sunrise yoga. See you next time 🙂

sunrise yoga

yoga in the park jersey city

Yoga in the park Jersey city : The sound of water is so relaxing, the trees are so green, the air is so calm, the sun is a presence, felt from the shade. It is a perfect location for a stay-cation yoga class in Hamilton Park, located in New Jersey. A few friends have asked me to do a class next Saturday morning, July 26th at 9 AM.

I think being in the park in the middle of a city is a great way to ‘do’ yoga – being with distractions and activity, yet remaining focused and present with who we are and the task at hand.

The event, yoga in the park Jersey City  will be a donation class, and please email me at rana@ranawaxman.com if you will be participating or if you are unsure whether the weather is cooperating. Most likely as long as the ground is dry in the park it will be a go. Bring a yoga mat, some towels and a yoga strap at least. I may bring some extra props but the goal is just to move and breathe and be in this kind of oasis in the middle of the city….

yoga in the park New Jersey

Fun, Free Yoga Event ~ You, Me and Jersey City

Well, I have just moved to Jersey City (this photo is taken in Hoboken). You will not want to miss a fun, free, yoga event with me. For other news, check out my last newsletter

You will need to R.S.V.P with my friends at JCFBootcamp and bring 2 towels and a yoga mat ~ click that or here:

https://jcfbootcamp.sites.zenplanner.com/event.cfm?eventId=A0E06A51-0DC7-4EAF-A71A-8497E44783FE

Where ~ at the Pier @ Exchange Place next to the Hyatt

When ~ Saturday, June 7th ~ 10:00 – 11:00 A.M.

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