Good Grief: Restorative Yoga & Reiki for Grief Support
Saturday, November 9 3-4:30pm
with Naima Merella
Join Naima for an afternoon of restorative yoga, soothing breathing techniques, relaxing meditation and reiki, designed to help you process feelings of grief in a supportive space.
Sign Up • $35Dive deep into relaxation through stillness and surrender. Cultivate a quality of spaciousness that allows stress and tension to melt away. Allow your nervous system to settle, so that you are able to process what's beneath the surface. Come reset by practicing soothing breathing techniques, cozy yoga poses and relaxing meditation that will help you process feelings of grief in a supportive space. We will move through a restorative yoga practice geared toward processing and releasing grief. During the practice students have the option of receiving Reiki energy work which helps settle the nervous system and can help bring you deeper into ease and relaxation. Class will end with space to journal and reflect on your experience internally before we open up space for folks to share with the group.
What to Bring
Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring a journal and something to write with, along with a yoga mat and refillable water bottle. (Mats are available to rent from the studio if you don't have one!)
About Naima
Naima loves teaching yoga that encourages people to be soft and connect with their bodies in a gentle and loving way. In a world that often hardens us, softness can be a form of resistance that helps us become more resilient. Naima is passionate about teaching yoga in an accessible way. Specializing in restorative yoga, yin yoga and gentle vinyasa; as well as having experience teaching chair yoga and prenatal yoga. Naima teaches in a trauma-informed way acknowledging that it can be difficult to be in our bodies. The yoga practice can be a chance to check in with our bodies, meet them where they are today and listen to what it is that they are trying to communicate with us, using that as feedback to better understand how we can care for ourselves. Naima is passionate about supporting QTPOC communities in particular and acknowledges the ways that systems of oppression affect our health and our ability to care for ourselves.