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Gentle & Restorative Yoga (Starting November 1, 2009)

This class is a combination of guided breathing and relaxation, gentle sitting and standing yoga postures, and Restorative Poses.  It is designed for students of all abilities as well as anyone interested in working mindfully on increasing their awareness of body, mind, and spirit.

The class is a gentle way to release tension and stress, experience calmness and harmony, and find balance of mind and body through listening to the body, quieting the mind and healing the spirit.

Restorative Poses, using supports and gravity, are perfect for anyone with limited mobility, recent and chronic injury, and chronic disease or pain issues.

No experience necessary.

All November and December classes are on a donation basis!

Get Started:
Cost:  $10 per class or  $45 for 5 or $80 for 10.  Make payment to Barbara Ray
Class length:  75 Minutes
Instructor:  Barbara Ray
For Registration and More Information, contact Barbara at 928-774-3218 or braytouch@flaglink.com

Yoga is a discipline that has been practiced for over 5,000 years.  It is comprised of a series of body positions and movements developed to help relax the body and calm the mind through breath control, physical exercise and meditation.  

Yoga is one of the many modalities we offer at Mountain Waves to achieve the union of body, mind and spirit.  Breath work is included in all of our classes to allow deeper healing to take place.  Students leave yoga class feeling restored, energized, calm and balanced.  Different styles and levels of yoga are offered to meet the varying needs of clients.  Special workshops are also periodically offered to deepen one's practice.  All levels of yoga practitioners are welcomed in our classes.   We invite you to start where you are; our teachers are skilled at assisting students and creating a healing space within the community of Mountain Waves.

As for the physical benefits of yoga, numerous research studies have demonstrated its effectiveness for relieving lower back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, osteoarthritis, stress, anxiety and depression.  Yoga has been shown to improve the conditions of people with heart disease and diabetes [1], mental health disorders, asthma, high blood pressure and high cholesterol [2] [3] and multiple sclerosis[4].

What people are saying about our Classes

[2] Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. Relax and Refocus with Yoga, 11/1/06

[3] Ali, Katz, and Bracken.  Mind-Body Practices of Hypertension:  Systematic Review and meta-Analysis, 8/24/07.

[4] Oken, et al.  Randomized controlled trial of yoga and exercise in multiple sclerosis, Neurology, 62 (1): 2058-2064, 2004.

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