An NIH-funded study involving 171 obese women found that participants who took part in a 48-week restorative yoga program lost more weight and significantly more subcutaneous fat than participants who did not do yoga and instead completed a stretching program. Reduce weight and subcutaneous fat for obese patients.Again, these findings are limited to a narrowly defined category of people (i.e., female nurses working the night shift). A small study of 20 female Japanese nurses working the night shift found that restorative yoga was effective for alleviating occupational stress among that specific population. But the authors did conclude that the yoga program was a useful treatment for improving sleep and reducing the use of sleep medication among cancer survivors. Of course, this study focused on a very specific population, so we can't extrapolate those findings for the general public. In a study of 410 cancer survivors (96% of whom were women), people who participated in a four-week yoga program that featured both hatha and restorative poses demonstrated greater improvements in sleep quality compared with patients who did not do yoga. The class might also include nonphysical elements, like visualization exercises, poetry readings, and breathwork, she adds. "The thing that's so great about is that you have zero muscular engagement, so your muscles can really soften," says Maria. This style of yoga isn't about tackling physically demanding poses but instead focuses on total relaxation of the body and the mind. Today, restorative yoga still uses a generous number of props (like bolsters, blankets, and blocks) to perform poses that are held for long periods of time (think several minutes), explains Lisa Maria, RYT-200, national workshop director at YogaWorks and certified yoga instructor. Iyengar, who began to include props in his yoga sessions "so that poses could be modified and practiced without strain." So where did this style of yoga come from? According to Restorative Yoga for Life by Gail Boorstein Grossman, restorative yoga poses originated from master yoga teacher B.K.S. "In restorative yoga, you'll typically practice just a few restful postures that are meant to slow your body down and create a state of overall calm and relaxation," says class instructor and yoga teacher Caley Alyssa in mbg's 28 Days to Yoga Bliss class.
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