This class is not a cure for grief or sadness, but it offers gentle companionship and the gift of your own presence as you sit with these difficult emotions.

The energy of grief, sadness or depression can become stuck in the heart chakra and can begin to diminish and close off this energy center. This makes us feel lethargic, disconnected and apathetic. The restorative poses in this class can help to release this trapped emotional energy and soothe the nervous system.

The physical poses in this class would classify it as a one spoon class, but because of the energetic and emotional component, I'm marking it a two spoon class.

BENEFITS:

emotional release, emotional support, restorative, heart chakra support

PROPS FOR THIS CLASS:

yoga bolster or pillows

POSES IN THIS SEQUENCE:

x seated cat/cow

x balasana - child's pose

x supta baddha konasana - reclining bound angle pose

x savasana - corpse pose

x parsva savasana - side lying pose (fetal position)