Area Yoga Brooklyn

Like most New Yorkers, I greet the climactic shift away from sweaty summer and sweatier subways with relief and eagerness. TGIF! Yet the weather often leaves me, well, sick as a dog. Yes, I am that person on the subway hacking and wheezing, you know, the one that makes you reach nervously for your hand sanitizer. This autumn, rather than go the usual route of a desultory Emergen-C purchase or two at the deli, I’ve decided to give a go at yogic healing. The regimen will include a combination of herbs and breathing exercises.

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Here at AREA Yoga, we have a great variety of teachers from many different yoga schools and backgrounds. We seek to share our teachers’ knowledge and style with the AREA community as a whole – even if you can’t make it to each teacher’s class. “Tea with Our Teachers” is our way of fostering satsang – a forum to discuss our yoga practice.

Last month, we heard from Erin about restorative yoga. This month, Anne shares her take on the same practice of restorative yoga. Ask the same questions, and get very different answers.

AY: What does “restorative yoga” mean to you?
AT: I trained in restorative yoga under the supervision of Bo Forbes PsyD, a bio-psychologist and yoga therapist who looks at restorative yoga in the context of the nervous system — i.e. as a way to cultivate balance for the body and mind. Much of my experience teaching restorative yoga has been as a tool to promote healing. I have taught restorative yoga to persons with chronic pain, immune system disorders, as well as persons with heightened or depressed nervous system functioning (anxiety, insomnia, PTSD, and depression). I see restorative yoga as an antidote to our accelerated pace of life and a way to clear the mind and learn to be comfortable with who we are.
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Spine Journal has published a study that explores the therapeutic benefits of yoga for lower-back pain sufferers: Evaluation of the Effectiveness & Efficacy of Iyengar Yoga Therapy on Chronic Low Back Pain.

As we hear about new studies and research demonstrating the health benefits of yoga, we’ll post links to the stories here.

Friday 9/4………yogalates………cancelled

Saturday 9/5…..8.30am open…cancelled

Sunday 9/6……..2pm prenatal..cancelled

Sunday 9/6……..5.45pm open…cancelled

Monday 9/7 …..we have 9.15 am and 12.30pm classes

All other classes cancelled!