Prepare yourself for deep relaxation when you attend a restorative class.

Many contemporary yoga classes consist of an active practice in which you move from pose to pose, building heat and increasing your strength and flexibility in equal measure. The general trend in yoga is toward more and more athletic and acrobatic styles of practice.
Restorative yoga is something completely different. It’s about slowing down and opening the body through passive stretching. If you take a restorative class, you may hardly move at all, doing just a few postures in the course of an hour.
During these long holds, your muscles relax deeply. It’s a completely different feeling from other types of yoga classes since props are used to support your body instead of your muscles. Restorative classes are very mellow, making them a good complement to more active practices and an excellent antidote to stress.
Although you are supported, you will definitely still feel the stretching, which will probably help keep you awake. You will continue to focus on your breath throughout. The teacher may talk you through a meditation or play music.
At the end of the session, your body feels open and refreshed.