Yoga For A Stressed Out World: Relax & Rejuvenate
This 16 class package gives you many powerful and effective practices and tools to use your yoga practice.
This course builds skills to:
- Gently and deeply stretch and release reduce residual tension and emotional and mental stress
- Relax deeply and stimulate your parasympathetic nervous system
- Calmly energize while you quiet your sympathetic nervous system
- Release fatigue, minimize jet lag and insomnia
- Expand breath and breathing skills
- Effortlessly glide into meditation and cultivate lucid consciousness
- Increase mental clarity, emotional receptivity and somatic intelligence
- Practice deep listening, self compassion and self care
- Fortify your body’s natural abilities to heal, align and stay homeostatic
- Increase your knowledge and use of prop work in yoga poses
- Increase your repertoire of inversions, forward folds, backbends, twists, hip openers and heart openers
Practice will include:
- Supine and seated Ujayii & Sahaja Pranayama
- Supine and seated mindfulness meditations
- Supported standing, seated and supine forward folds
- Supported quadricep and hip flexor stretches, chest and shoulder opening backbending poses
- Supported inversionsSupported hip openers and twists
This package is the culmination of 30 years of study and learning in the area dubbed “restorative yoga.” You will benefit from clear step-by-step instructions and visual demonstrations. Noah offers subtle insight and helps yogis with awareness reminders in the poses. He explains how to use best use the props, and how to progress or regress the poses to best suit your needs and goals.
Each of these restorative yoga classes uses props for support to facilitate release, promote comfort, and to modulate the ratio of effort and relaxation that each pose requires. If you do not have all of the specific yoga props, improvise with what you have available. That said, these 16 classes will use a combination props: yoga chair, mat to practice on plus an extra (thin travel mat recommended), 2 bolsters, 5 or more blankets (more if you don’t have bolsters), strap, wall, 2 blocks, eye pillow or cloth to cover eyes.
About this class:
Sit in Virasana (Hero’s Pose) for meditation in quiet observation of your breath and experience a deep state of calm. Practice this 15 minute meditation anytime you want to slow the outer world down and savor the nectar of inner quietude. Prop list: 1 block, 2 blankets.
Instructor: Noah Mazé
About this class:
Sit in Sukhasana (Easy/Happy Pose), comfortably supported with props, for a guided mindfulness meditation practice on the five senses, the movements of prana (breath, life force) and the five elements in a deeply calming mindfulness practice. Practice this grounding 20 minute meditation anytime you wish to more deeply harmonize and affirm your somatic experience of body, breath and awareness. Prop list: 4 blankets, 1 bolster, wall, towel.
Instructor: Noah Mazé
About this class:
Nourish yourself deeply with this practice of supine (lying down) breath-based pranayama practice. Lie down and gently open your chest and spine with the support of a blanket as you relax deeply and soothe your sympathetic nervous system (your fight/flight/freeze response). Practice an easeful progression of pranayama breathing practices, from Sahaja Pranayama (Natural/Spontaneous Breath), Ujayii Pranayama (Victorious Breath), Viloma Pranayama I & II (Divided Breath) and then relax completely in Savasana (Final Relaxation). Practice this 25 minute class anytime you wish to be deeply relaxed, calmly energized and experience a lucid consciousness. Prop list: 2 blankets, eye pillow or folded cloth.
Instructor: Noah Mazé
About this class:
Practice Viparita Karani (Supported Inversion) with your legs up the wall and pelvis on a bolster. This pose gently reverses your body’s relationship with gravity and facilitates a deeply nourishing rejuvenation. After some minutes in the basic position, stretch your legs in Baddha Konasana (Bound Angle) and Upavistha Konasana (Wide Angle). Gently slide out of the pose, rest on your back, then preserve your state of deep calm as you shift into seated meditation. Practice this class anytime your legs are fatigued and/or swollen, at the end of a busy day, when you have trouble sleeping or are jetlagged, or when your monkey mind prevents equanimity. Prop list: bolster, wall, blanket, optional props = strap around legs, sandbag on feet, eye pillow or folded cloth covering eyes.
Instructor: Noah Mazé
About this class:
Gently and deeply open up the front of your body is this practice of the inversion + backbend, Setubandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose). This pose opens your chest and shoulders, lifts your heart, expands your breath and gives the boons of courageous calm and illumination. Practice this class anytime you’ve been sitting for long periods, you breath is shallow, your spirits are low, and/or you wish to feel more open, more powerful and more courageous of heart. Prop list: 2 blocks, strap, blanket, wall.
Instructor: Noah Mazé
About this class:
Learn and practice a supported version of Sarvangasana (Shoulderstand Pose) and experience the deep rejuvenation and bliss that this inversion offers. If you are new to this supported pose, watch the entry and exit first (exit is about 14:30 into class) to familiarize yourself, then practice with Noah and try the variations as you feel ready. After exiting the pose, relax deeply for a few moments in Savasana, then sit for a short meditation (sit for longer if you have the time). This pose is a powerful reset for your entire being and will leave you in a calmly blissful state. Prop list: yoga chair, folded mat, 4 (or more) blankets.
Instructor: Noah Mazé
About this class:
Learn and practice a supported version of Halasana (Plow Pose) and a few seated forward folds and experience the deep calm of inward turning awareness. If you are new to this pose, watch the entry and exit first (exit is around 10:15 into class) to familiarize yourself (some experimentation may be needed to find the prop/height combination that works best for you). After exiting the pose, relax deeply in Savasana, and practice a few supported seated poses and meditation. Carry your introspective calm state into whatever is next in your day. Prop list: yoga chair, folded yoga mat, 7 blankets (or less depending on your height and/or if you have a bolster, towel, block etc).
Instructor: Noah Mazé
About this class:
Learn and practice a supported version of Supta Virasana (Reclined Hero’s Pose) to deeply stretch your quadricep (thigh) muscles. To prepare you for this deep knee flexion, first do a self myo-fascial release of your calves. Use the strap to support your legs once in Virasana, recline onto the blankets (or bolster), and add more height to support your torso (if needed) to find the optimal combination of support and stabilizing actions to allow you to stay in this pose for a few minutes. Carefully counter stretch your legs in Uttanasana and observe the process of compression and release in the circulation in your lower legs and feet, then sit for a short mindfulness meditation. Prop list: 5 blankets (or bolster/blanket combo), strap, thin (travel) mat or rolled towel.
Instructor: Noah Mazé
About this class:
Practice the delicious supported pose Supta Baddha Konasana (Supine Bound Angle) and relax deeply into a state of great expansion. This practice gently opens your hips and spine, relieves tension in your shoulders, abdomen and chest, while effortlessly expanding your breath. Practice this class anytime you wish to gift yourself with self-compassion and invite a relaxed and open state of body/mind/heart. Prop list: 4 or 5 blankets, two blocks, strap, optional eye pillow or folded cloth to cover the eyes.
Instructor: Noah Mazé
About this class:
Sit in Sukhasana (Easeful Pose), Ardha Padmasana (Half Lotus) with a strap, or Padmasana (Lotus Pose), then recline onto props to rest in a gentle backbend. This pose opens your hips and the front of your pelvis as it gently extends your spine, expands your breath and melts away tension in your chest and shoulders. After practicing both sides of the crossed leg position, sit in Virasana (Hero’s Pose) in quiet introspective meditation. Practice this pose at the end of a long day, before meditation, or to gently open and energize before a more vigorous yoga practice. Prop list: bolster, 2 or more blankets, strap, optional eye pillow or folded cloth to cover the eyes.
Instructor: Noah Mazé
About this class:
Practice this supported inverted backbend to gently open your spine, chest and shoulders and expand your breath. Breath (Prana) is life, and life is measured by cycles of breath. Upon exiting Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose), rest deeply on your back with your legs supported, then sit for meditation. Practice this delicious class anytime you wish to gently release tension, expand your breath, and refill your entire being with inner luminosity. Prop list: 2 bolsters (or folded blankets), blanket, strap.
Instructor: Noah Mazé
About this class:
This slow and steady practice of supported forward folds stretches your hamstrings, hips and back and invites a deeply calm enstasy. Watch Noah preview the sequence first, so that you can make smooth transitions between poses and adjust the props for optimal support, then practice the timed sequence of poses and sit for meditation. As you practice, discern the difference between unnecessary movement in the pose, and the necessary alignment and actions that each pose requires, and gift yourself with being less busy with the superficial and unnecessary. Practice this class anytime before sitting for a longer meditation or contemplation, or anytime you want to slow down and go deeply within. Prop list: bolster, 2 or 3 blankets, 1 or 2 blocks.
Instructor: Noah Mazé
About this class:
This restorative practice of supported seated forward folds and twists deeply stretches your legs and hips, releases tension in your back, wrings out your organs, and soothes your nervous system. First, watch Noah preview the sequence and show how to use the props to support each pose, then dive into each pose and transition smoothly between poses. As you practice, listen deeply to the feedback your body gives you, discern the difference between overstretching and deep stretching, and create the alignment, actions and support to optimize each pose. Prop list: bolster, 3 to 4 blankets.
Instructor: Noah Mazé
About this class:
Gently and deeply open your courageous heart in this practice of chair supported backbends. Use a bolster and folded blankets to support your head and neck, a strap to support your legs, the chair to hold most of your weight, as the poses lengthen your front body. Practice this class anytime you’ve been sitting for long periods, wish to open the structures on the front of your body (quads, hip flexors, abdomen, chest, shoulders) with support, and/or are experiencing fatigue or low spirits. Progress from chair supported Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose) to Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana (Two Limb Inverted Staff Pose) to Kapotasana (Pigeon Pose). Pro tip; it’s easier to start with more height for the head and neck and take away a blanket then it is to add a blanket while in the pose. Prop list: yoga chair (folding metal chair with the back removed), bolster, 2 or 3 blankets, strap.
Instructor: Noah Mazé
About this class:
Your hips will love this delicious sequence of supine and prone poses will open your hamstrings, lengthen you inner & outer hip muscles, and massage your spine with a yummy twist. Practice this class anytime you want to gently and deeply mobilize your hips and spine, before you sit for meditation, or as a post workout cool down. Prop list: 2 bolsters, 2 blankets, strap, wall.
Instructor: Noah Mazé
About this class:
Turn your world upside down and change your perspective in this continuous practice of inverted poses. First, watch Noah preview the poses, pre-arrange your props, and practice timed holds in Adho Mukha Svanasana (Down Facing Dog Pose), Adho Mukha Vrkshasana (Handstand), Pincha Mayurasana (Forearm Balance), Sirsasana (Headstand) and Sarvangasana (Shoulderstand). Adjust the durations of the poses according to your capacity, cultivate smooth transitions between poses and practice an economy of energy (physical, mental, emotional). This class will increase your steady focus and clarity, and fortify your stamina and commitment. Practice this class anytime you feel strong and want to change your perspective on the ordinary; you may not be able to change the world, but you certainly can change your experience of the world. Prop list: bolster, 3 to 4 blankets, strap, wall.
Instructor: Noah Mazé
This 16 class package gives you many powerful and effective practices and tools to use your yoga practice.
This course builds skills to:
- Gently and deeply stretch and release reduce residual tension and emotional and mental stress
- Relax deeply and stimulate your parasympathetic nervous system
- Calmly energize while you quiet your sympathetic nervous system
- Release fatigue, minimize jet lag and insomnia
- Expand breath and breathing skills
- Effortlessly glide into meditation and cultivate lucid consciousness
- Increase mental clarity, emotional receptivity and somatic intelligence
- Practice deep listening, self compassion and self care
- Fortify your body’s natural abilities to heal, align and stay homeostatic
- Increase your knowledge and use of prop work in yoga poses
- Increase your repertoire of inversions, forward folds, backbends, twists, hip openers and heart openers
Practice will include:
- Supine and seated Ujayii & Sahaja Pranayama
- Supine and seated mindfulness meditations
- Supported standing, seated and supine forward folds
- Supported quadricep and hip flexor stretches, chest and shoulder opening backbending poses
- Supported inversionsSupported hip openers and twists
This package is the culmination of 30 years of study and learning in the area dubbed “restorative yoga.” You will benefit from clear step-by-step instructions and visual demonstrations. Noah offers subtle insight and helps yogis with awareness reminders in the poses. He explains how to use best use the props, and how to progress or regress the poses to best suit your needs and goals.
Each of these restorative yoga classes uses props for support to facilitate release, promote comfort, and to modulate the ratio of effort and relaxation that each pose requires. If you do not have all of the specific yoga props, improvise with what you have available. That said, these 16 classes will use a combination props: yoga chair, mat to practice on plus an extra (thin travel mat recommended), 2 bolsters, 5 or more blankets (more if you don’t have bolsters), strap, wall, 2 blocks, eye pillow or cloth to cover eyes.
$180.00 (or purchase classes individually by clicking on the class description in the included class section)
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- Yoga mat, props nearby
- An accurate sense of your abilities and limitations along with a playful attitude
- Props as noted on the class descriptions (suggested but not required)
- Notebook if you wish to take notes
Authored, Designed & Delivered by Noah Mazé
“I completed my RYS 200 training online with the Mazé School due to COVID. This was the first online training they've ever done, but you wouldn't know it. The sheer amount of recorded material blew me away. I was so impressed with the wealth knowledge that they shared with us and their dedication to their students’ learning. It is clear these are teachers’ teachers and they have dedicated their lives to the practice of yoga…. I would recommend this program for anyone who wants to dive deep into study, and who resonates with more alignment and structured flow based yoga classes. I will forever be appreciative to the Mazé School for the knowledge they worked so hard to empowered me with!" - Makenna Johnstone
“Very informative. I really enjoyed how the teacher broke down the different structures and then illustrated how they work together in asanas.” - Carrie Menke
“Great content, presentation style, level of info. Lots to dig into further. Enough meat to keep me going back to this to learn more and more and so well put together and presented.” - Andrew Nathan
“For me this was a wonderful way to get training. I could go at my own pace & review as necessary. The delivery method is efficient. And Noah is the most inspiring teacher I’ve ever had. Thank you.” - Rochelle Wilson
“Noah and team…WOW…GREAT work with this webinar offering. I am impressed withal that you have put together. This must have been a LOT of work, so KUDOS!!!!!” - Jennie Pearl
“Thank you, Noah and Team for connecting the World of Yoga Teachers and Students together. After watching each webinar, I feel a sense of satisfaction on every level, from validation of what I do already know from both past and current study”– Rena Chase
“ I’d like to thank you and the team for putting together such an amazing course. I was offered a scholarship and would have been unable to afford the full cost at this time so the opportunity to do this is such a blessing and I’m immeasurably grateful.” - Patrice
“Your online courses are awesome! I [participate in] online courses with many other teachers, and I find that your courses offer way more resources, seem to be exceptionally current – rather than pre-planned, and relate to our interaction and feedback (where you use threads from each week). [It is] truly inspiring, captivating and engaging, as well as encouraging, to learn more and to give more to our students and ourselves. After all, we are our own biggest students. I am so enthralled by your teaching, I wish I could do everything!” - Michelle Cross
“I enrolled in courses for my non contact hours in yoga teacher training. I received a wealth of knowledge and feel that both courses have really enriched my yoga education. The instructors taught the courses in an informative, easy to understand way with time for interaction with the students taking the class. I corresponded to get my certificates upon completion easily. Great staff and courses, I highly recommend!” - Alyssa Kyle
“Your attention to detail on the slides is fantastic. It’s almost like I’m back at Kripalu in your workshop. Thanks again.” - Juliánna Nagy
“I wanted to write and let you know how much I thoroughly enjoyed taking the online course. I live in the Caribbean and have been teaching yoga full time for five years. It is hard to attend trainings due to my location, so when I found this course online I was excited! Over the past three years I have taught workshops but always felt like I was on the right track however I still felt like I wanted/needed something more. The tools that you presented have given me complete confidence in my teaching. I came to the realization that I was giving WAY too much information, too many details. Once I simplified, it was like I was speaking another language. I just wanted to say thank you from my heart and know what you do is appreciated! I look forward to more trainings with you in the future.” - Danielle Gentilcore
“I got the chance to watch the first two sessions of this online course this morning. Everything was so clear and well thought out, including the theory of the second class. I taught two yoga sessions today and caught myself engaged in more [ways than normal]. That was pleasant. The most striking part so far was that I felt more confident in experimenting with new adjustments, both me and my fellow yoginis benefited from that. Thank you! Off to watch the third session now that my little one is in bed.” - Anonymous
“Compliments to Noah and his team for putting together excellent materials. Even though I am a certified yoga teacher, I feel it’s always good to go back with a beginner’s mind and learn again. These trainings (Art of Sequencing, Fundamentals of Teaching Yoga Poses, and 101) are very high quality and I am excited to ‘sharpen the saw’ through them.” - Olin Levitt
“Although this online class is my first encounter with you as a teacher, I’ve already learned a lot, and am enjoying the course very much. I’m quite a new teacher, and hope to remain a student for as long as I can breathe, and in that regard, every bit of information you happen to share during the class or on the discussion group, adds up to my investment of knowledge. I also like reading about others’ experiences and views (sometimes it proves how little I know, sometimes it shows me I’m not so bad either) for each word towards learning is valuable for me.” - Zeynep Yeldan
“I really appreciate how this course is aligning with what is happening in my life as a yoga teacher. I am teaching a 5 week series for the first time and just this week I was offered 3 classes to introduce meditation and deep stretching. It is awesome to be learning with Noah, each week I have so much to take away.” - Jennifer Adi
“Thank you, Noah and Team for connecting the world of yoga teachers and students together. After watching each webinar, I feel a sense of satisfaction on every level, from validation of what I do already know from both past and current study.” - Anonymous
“Loving the idea of building on the shapes. It makes sense – I just never actually simplified it enough to think of it that way.” - Lanessa Giesbrecht
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