{"id":2079,"date":"2014-03-04T22:31:41","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T06:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/?p=2079"},"modified":"2014-03-09T18:29:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T01:29:40","slug":"benefits-of-restorative-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/yoga\/benefits-of-restorative-yoga\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of Restorative Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong>The following is straight from International Restorative Yoga Day&#8217;s HP. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t make it up (lol) &#8230;If you click on the pink texts, related study details are found, compiled by Lindsay Sisti. \u00a0In my mind, it&#8217;s a meditation practice and an effective preventative medicine and&#8230; so much more. \u00a0I had known all these years there&#8217;s something precious that&#8217;s been neglected and amiss in our lives &#8211; this practice represents exactly what I had missed all these years. \u00a0We need to make it a ritual. \u00a0In parenting, parent education class often stress the importance of setting a &#8220;routine&#8221; &#8211; and I hated that word, routine &#8211; ugh &#8211; so boring. I \u00a0say &#8211; make it a &#8220;ritual&#8221;. \u00a0a Ritual for adults&#8230; Make it a sacred ritual in which you honor yourself by being kind to yourself. It&#8217;s not merely a 5 minutes for the exhausted, an after-thought post sweaty practice (which is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">very<\/span> good for you BTW!). \u00a0It&#8217;s for everybody. It&#8217;s mindful not mindless.<\/p>\n<p>*****************************************************<\/p>\n<h1>Benefits Of Restorative Yoga<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>Restorative yoga actives the parasympathetic nervous system, which balances out the over-charged sympathetic nervous system, bringing about overall balance, wholeness, in a natural yin-yang way. The practice, if well designed, allows the body to reap the benefits dwelling in its restorative \u2018rest and digest\u2019 mode that yields the body&#8217;s natural functions to enliven you at top efficiency:)<\/p>\n<p>This style of yoga can be beneficial for people struggling with a variety of conditions such as insomnia, asthma, migraine headaches, and chronic pain.<\/p>\n<p>These are some of the benefits of restorative yoga:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>reduces cortisol, the stress hormone<\/li>\n<li>lowers blood pressure and heart rate<\/li>\n<li>reduces muscle tension, insomnia, and generalized fatigue<\/li>\n<li>boosts immunity<\/li>\n<li>reduces serum triglycerides and blood sugar levels<\/li>\n<li>increases \u201cgood\u201d cholesterol,<\/li>\n<li>improves digestion and elimination<\/li>\n<li>greater capacity to regulate blood glucose levels<\/li>\n<li>lessens or alleviates chronic, severe pain<\/li>\n<li>enhances fertility<\/li>\n<li>increases blood flow to the heart<\/li>\n<li>stimulates flow of the lymphatic system<\/li>\n<li>increases oxygen levels in the blood<\/li>\n<li>greater flexibility<\/li>\n<li>reduces brain arousal<\/li>\n<li>feeling balanced and grounded<\/li>\n<li>increases mental acuity<\/li>\n<li>increases \u2018vividness\u2019 in daily sensory life<\/li>\n<li>cultivates greater patience with yourself and others<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Researchers have been investigating the benefits of restorative yoga. Here is a sampling of the findings:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/19242916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Restorative yoga for women with breast cancer: findings from a randomized pilot study<\/strong>.<\/a><br \/>\nThese pilot data suggest potential benefit of restorative yoga on emotional outcomes and fatigue in cancer patients. This study demonstrates that a restorative yoga intervention is feasible for women with breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/18544284\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Restorative yoga for women with ovarian or breast cancer: findings from a pilot study<\/strong>.<\/a><br \/>\nSignificant improvements were seen for depression, negative affect, state anxiety, mental health, and overall quality of life. Fatigue decreased between baseline and post-intervention follow-up. Health-related quality of life improved between baseline and the 2-month follow-up.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=restorative+yoga+menopause\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Feasibility and acceptability of\u00a0restorative\u00a0yoga\u00a0for treatment of hot flushes: a pilot trial.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThis pilot trial demonstrates that it is feasible to teach\u00a0restorative\u00a0yoga\u00a0to middle-aged women without prior\u00a0yoga\u00a0experience.\u00a0Mean number of hot flushes per week decreased by 30.8% and mean hot flush score decreased 34.2% from baseline<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed?term=Restorative%20yoga%20in%20adults%20with%20metabolic%20syndrome%3A%20a%20randomized%2C%20controlled%20pilot%20trial.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Restorative yoga in adults with metabolic syndrome: a randomized, controlled pilot trial.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nRestorative yoga was found to be a feasible and acceptable intervention in overweight adults with metabolic syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is straight from International Restorative Yoga Day&#8217;s HP. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t make it up (lol) &#8230;If you click on the pink texts, related study details are found, compiled by Lindsay Sisti. \u00a0In my mind, it&#8217;s a meditation practice and an effective preventative medicine and&#8230; so much more. \u00a0I had known all these years there&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[12,10,8,3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2079"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2111,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079\/revisions\/2111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}