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Join us for a Deeside Wellbeing Collective community session which alternates practitioners from month to month. A donation based class/workshop, free or just pay what you can. October’s community offering is a Restorative Yoga session with Ali - Yay 4 Yoga. Restorative Yoga is a grounding practise that helps reduce stress, by down-regulating the nervous system, lowering cortisol levels and promoting a release of feel-good hormones. Using comfortable props to support the body, we invite a gentle surrender and tension release, contributing to physical healing and mental rejuvenation. It offers benefits for all ages, fostering resilience, mental clarity and innermost joy amidst modern life's busyness. It allows time and space for introspection and deep rest, as the body is guided into a state of “homeostasis” - balance, renewal. A balanced nervous system underpins all wellbeing and optimal health. An hour of restorative yoga is said to equal around 4 hours sleep, but most also notice improved sleep after the session. Expect simple guided breathwork and gentle meditative movement to help slowly settle into a place of “being” rather than “doing”; moving on to linger in poses, using props to feel fully “held”, for anything up to 20 minutes. The session will be rounded off with a guided relaxation in supported Savasana pose, all tucked up with blanket and eye pillow. You need no prior experience or bendiness - just an ability to get down to the floor and an openness to gentle movement, tuning inwards and resting. Don’t worry if you have a fizzy mind, this style of yoga helps even the most active to find a balancing quiet. Come as you are, leave a little more like yourself, with a renewed sense of wellbeing - rested, renewed, present, aligned. This is a donation-based session held in a warm and welcoming community space. Just bring yourself, wear something comfy, and come as you are. All equipment is provided by the studio but please bring your own mat if you prefer. The workshop takes place at Deeside Wellbeing Collective studio, 11 Scott Skinner Square, Banchory. Our monthly adult donation based classes/workshops in 2025 have been made possible by the award of grant funding from the Aberdeenshire Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund Round 4.