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Friday 05/02/2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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$30.00 Restorative Yoga & iRest with Mary Richards
Many of us toss and turn, wrestle with the covers to adjust our body temperature, and experience all kinds of sleep interruptions. Since we are sleep-deprived, we become more agitated and more vulnerable to stress. We can get caught in a feedback loop in which the stress feeds the sleeplessness and the sleeplessness feeds the stress.
To break the loop, we need to practice the skills of resting. Join Mary for an evening of restorative yoga and iREST, a form of yoga nidra developed by Richard Miller, Ph.D. The practice is intended to alleviate stress, improve sleep, and promote healing and inner peace. Informed by yogic philosophy, Western psychology and stress resilience science, restorative yoga and iREST, especially when practiced together, offers each of us an opportunity to connect deeply to our bodily sensations as well as the turning of our mind and yearning of our heart.
Mary is a certified Level 1 iREST teacher as well as a Relax and Renew ® teacher trainer. Props such as blankets and bolsters will be available at the studio to support your comfort during the practice. Please bring an eye cover and your favorite fuzzy socks.
Mary Richards
MARY RICHARDS, MS, C-IAYT, ERYT, YACEP, has been practicing yoga for almost thirty years and travels around the country teaching anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology. A hard-core movement nerd and former NCAA athlete, Mary has a master’s degree in yoga therapy. Mary lives in the Washington, D.C. area, where she teaches syllabus-based yoga classes, sees clients privately, and trains bodyworkers, fitness professionals, and yoga instructors in movement literacy and therapeutic asana techniques.