Over the years, I have had new people come to a SRY class thinking that, because of the blankets, the slow pace, and the lack of extreme angles and asanas, that it is "beginner" yoga. Some students, at least when they start, believe that a restorative yoga practice is to help them recover from or prepare them for what they perceive as "advanced" yoga (which usually just means something they saw in a yoga magazine} Let's look at this question of whether restorative forms of yoga are "remedial", or if something deeper and more transformative is going on. What truly makes an "advanced" yoga practice, according to the yoga tradition itself, and let's explore why many experienced yogis and yoga teachers have a soft spot for restorative forms of yoga.
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