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Deep Restore: Sound Bath and Yin Yoga Journey with Lena Adult/Teen 15+Sunday, January 17Snow Date: ?
12:30pm - 2pmStedwick CC
Deep Restore: Sound Bath and Yin Yoga Journey is a 90-minute wellness experience designed to help you slow down, release stress, and reconnect with yourself after the holiday season and welcome the new year.
The session begins with a gentle, accessible Yin Yoga practice featuring long-held, supported postures and mindful breathing to ease physical tension and prime your nervous system for deep rest. You will then transition into an immersive sound bath, where the soothing vibrations of crystal singing bowls, Tibetan bowls, chimes, and other healing instruments promote profound relaxation and inner balance.
The Science of the Sound Bath
While a sound bath uses calming acoustic frequencies to support mindfulness, its restorative effects are deeply grounded in neuroscience and biology. Clinical research on sound-based meditation shows that these therapeutic vibrations interact with your body to:

• Regulate the Nervous System: The acoustic waves stimulate your vagus nerve, shifting your body out of "fight-or-flight" mode and into a parasympathetic state to lower heart rate and reduce stress hormones like cortisol.

• Optimize Brainwave Frequencies: Rhythmic frequencies guide active, analytical Beta brainwaves down into slower Alpha and Theta states—the neural wavelengths responsible for deep meditation, mental clarity, and cellular recovery.

• Boost Stress Resilience: Participants often show an increase in Heart Rate Variability (HRV) post-session, which physically prepares your body to handle daily stressors with greater ease.

• Enhance Sleep & Mood: By disrupting physical pain signaling pathways and quieting mental chatter, sound meditation fosters emotional well-being, eases anxiety, and encourages the deep, restorative rest needed for healthy sleep habits.

Suitable for all levels, this immersive experience will leave you feeling grounded, refreshed, and biologically renewed for the year ahead.
What to Bring & WearPlease wear comfortable clothing. To maximize your comfort and support during the extended resting portions, we highly recommend bringing:

• Yoga mat & water bottle
• Pillow or yoga bolster
• Cozy socks & an eye cover/eye pillow
• Blankets (We provide blankets, but you are welcome to bring your own for extra layers!)

Age Category

Adults & Teens

Location

Stedwick Community Center at Stedwick Community Center

Instructor

Lena Centeno