Restorative Pause – Jan 19

In the midst of doing and holding it all together…
What if you gave your body permission to melt?

Restorative Pause is a one-hour class designed to help your nervous system exhale.

We’ll begin with a few minutes of gentle inner inquiry: arriving, noticing what’s present, and letting your system settle.

Then we’ll move into a series of restorative poses, lying down with support and staying in each one for 3–5 minutes. I’ll guide you gently through each shape, offering cues and reflections to help your body soften and your awareness turn inward.

This week’s theme is Nervous System Calming for Mindful Eating (Shevat edition) – a time when our awakening appetite invites us to bring holiness into the act of eating itself. Yet chronic stress keeps our nervous systems in fight-or-flight, causing us to eat faster, digest slower, and lose connection to what we’re actually consuming. This class offers practice in the pause that makes this shift possible.

💤 This is not exercise. It’s a nervous system reset through stillness, support, and subtle awareness. No yoga experience needed.

🕰️ Monday, January 19
🕥 10:30–11:30 AM NY / 5:30–6:30 PM Israel
💻 Live on Zoom
🎧 Recording available for one week via Zoom
💛 Pay what feels right (suggested $35, minimum $15)

Bring:
– Comfortable clothes
– A yoga mat, mattress, or carpet
– Pillows, bolster, or rolled-up blankets for support

Please arrive a few minutes early so we can begin together.

Let this be your soft landing in the middle of everything.
You’re welcome, just as you are.

Here’s what this week’s class will cover:

• We’ll practice the foundational skill of pausing and breathing deeply – connecting to Shevat’s element of Ruach (wind/breath) to bring flexibility, clarity, and mindfulness into our bodies, and ultimately, into how we eat
• You’ll practice downregulating out of chronic fight-or-flight – the stress state that causes us to eat faster, eat more, and digest slower, which can lead to stomach issues and disconnection from our food
• You’ll experience what it feels like to stay present and connected to something deeper than immediate physical impulses – a felt sense of not being controlled by your appetite, but eating with intention and awareness
• You’ll practice the very pause that Shevat invites – building familiarity with this calm, relaxed, focused, mindful state so you can begin bringing it to your meals