Restorative Yoga for Beginners: Gentle Poses for Relaxation and Healing

I haven't done yoga in 4 years and never was that limber. Male, 80, I keep slowly getting stiffer. Well, I'm not going gently into that good night. Needed a place to start my come back trail. Ms Julie Clarke's book is perfect for my need. Between the individual poses and the assortment of sequences that she provides I have had a path to follow. I'm not expecting a miracle, just progress, and that's happening. Ain't no way I can get hurt if I just follow her instructions.From my reading I see my transition will flow from Restorative Yoga to Yin Yoga. I'm enjoying Bernie Clark's The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga. Keep up the good fight, you hear.

This book is easy to understand and and a go to for me when I teach my restorative yoga classes

The information in this book is helping me to release chronic tension. I'm learning to relax all my "fight/flight" muscles. The ones that contract whenever trauma memories are triggered. The poses are very easy to do and many of them take only 5-10 minutes. You don't need to set aside a huge chunk of time if you just want a little downtime. The illustrations are large, colorful and very helpful. The instructions with each pose include benefits as well as precautions. The author also thoroughly defines restorative yoga and all the gifts it provides. I was able to easily relax into the poses. Some of them are so soothing that I lingered in them a bit longer. I'm so glad I found this book. I already feel less stressed after just a few days of engaging in this practice.

I’m s yoga instructor and was asked to teach this modality but had no previous experience. This book is simple and easy to understand with basic illustrations, good verbiage and nice sequencing. If you’d like a gentle stretching floor practice give this a try!

Love it! Good exercises and well written!

I've never seen a yoga book like this. The poses are very gentle and easy to do. It's so well-explained, and the author provides numerous sequences addressing different physical and psychological issues. I'm a beginner, so this makes it really easy to get yoga's benefits without having to hold a bunch of weird poses. This is 100% a 5-star book. Just keep in mind that the poses all require props. You'll at least need one yoga bolster and a set of blocks (you'll need blankets, too, but you'll surely have some at home already). A couple of poses really need two bolsters and/or a strap, but you can easily skip those. Bolsters are about $35 on Amazon. I also ended up buying a yoga mat so I wouldn't get floor debris all over the bolster, but I'm sure a sheet or blanket would work just as well. In sum: this is a really special yoga book that's different than the others.

I just got this book, not really knowing what was going to be in it and IT IS A TREASURE! It has EVERYTHING you could want teaching Restorative or building your own practice. She goes over Hatha Yoga, the Koshas and yoga lineages. Poses, all the poses, w pictures, instructions, tips, benefits and length of time. It has meditations and breathing techniques. She lists out props she recommends. Full sequences for various specified ailments. AND an Index at the end so you can find ANYTHING. I am very happily surprised with the quality and content of this book. HIGHLY recommend!!! 10/10

This is a great manual for anyone who is interested in restorative yoga. The author does a great job of explaining why anybody can do restorative yoga. She describes ways to use items in your own home so you don't have to spend a lot (or any) money to get started. I enjoyed the brief but interesting history of restorative yoga and the description of what makes it different from other types of yoga, which are also described in a a concise table. The diagrams and descriptions of the poses are so well done you don't need any yoga experience to understand what the pose is supposed to be. Then, to have so many sequences offered will keep anybody's interest for a long time. There is even a section on how to build your own sequence so you can find exactly what works for your body! The tips for each pose and sequence were extremely helpful. In short, this book is a well thought out manual that is easy to understand and interesting. I would recommend this book to anyone!

There are many of these books on the market, and I have several, but I find this is my quick go to when I am planning a restorative yoga class. Simply written and illustrated .

great - simple and easy to follow. structured brilliantly so you can choose a sequence, or a pose or two. lovely looking. I use these all the time.

Good book with clear instructions. Very helpful

Love this book. Easy to read and follow the suggested sequences. Gives you timeframes so you can plan based on the poses in your sequence.

One of the best instruction manuals I have ever read. Well illustrated with great explanations of the exercises. Easy to implement. Highly rated