Calming Vagus Nerve Yoga | Hatha into Yin Practice YWM 738
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The intention behind this class is to start standing to down regulate your nervous system from a state of activation into a state of regulation so that you can be more comfortable being still. If you come to your yoga mat, especially a class where there is a lot of stillness like yin yoga or restorative yoga and you find a lot of restlessness, it is incredibly important to move that trapped or repressed energy through first before you become still. Then it will be more comfortable when you are still. 

This combination of hatha followed by yin gives the space to downregulate your nervous system, to release the excess energy that wants to fight or run away to prepare you to become still. So we will start standing with standing postures that release excess energetic tension from the body and gradually make our way to some seated yin yoga poses to be more comfortable in stillness. This is a great practice to release the day, at the end of the day to prepare for bed so you can make that gradual transition from alert and maybe even buzzy to prepare your body to relax, rest and restore through sleep. 

Props Needed: Yoga Strap, blanket
Poem: The Crystal Gazer by Sarah Teasdale 

We have 22 vagus nerve classes in our membership designed to navigate regulating your nervous system with yoga. 

Here’s a link for members: https://www.members.melissawest.com/courses/ventral-vagus-activation/ 

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