Sound Baths + Restorative Practices

Supporting stress and anxiety reduction, renewal, and a greater sense of calm and ease.

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Sound baths and restorative practices for leadership teams, employee wellbeing initiatives, retreats, conferences, and special events.

Restorative Experiences for Organizations

The leaders and teams I work with care deeply about their work, the people around them, and making a meaningful contribution. They are often navigating significant responsibility, competing priorities, and ongoing demands on their time and energy.

Sound baths and restorative practices offer an opportunity to step away from the constant pace of doing—to restore energy, support rest and recovery, and create space for reflection, clarity, and renewed focus.

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Offerings include:

Virtual sound baths
In-person sound baths (at your location, or option for rented studio)
Restorative or gentle yoga
Retreat and conference sessions
Team wellbeing experiences
Sessions as part of leadership / professional development programs

Inquire About Organizational Offerings

Have questions first? Feel free to reach out directly or schedule a conversation.

Recent sound healing partnerships include

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A Restorative Approach

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After experiencing burnout as a nonprofit leader, I began exploring restorative practices to support healing and create a more sustainable way of moving through life.

I came to understand that rest isn't a luxury—it's often the thing we need most when life asks the most of us. It's what allows us to keep showing up for ourselves and the people and work we care about without losing ourselves in the process. What began as a personal journey now informs the work I do with individuals, teams, and organizations.

Many people find their way to these practices when they're feeling stressed, anxious, or disconnected from themselves and are longing for more calm in their bodies and minds. They may be navigating a period of transition or grief, or recognizing that the way they've been moving through life is no longer sustainable.

Restorative practices offer an opportunity to step out of doing and into being—to restore your energy, listen inward, and reconnect with what matters most.

Upcoming Offerings

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Restorative Yoga with Sound Bowls

Weekly: In-person or online at Circle Yoga every Friday at 6pm.

Close out your week with a big exhale. This practice can deeply calm your body and mind, support stress reduction and relaxation.

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New Moon Circle
& Sound Bath

Tues, July 14 @ 6pm
@ Circle Yoga

Monthly: We gather in community at the new moon to harness the intention setting energy this time. Sound bath, guided meditation, journaling, optional sharing.

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Monthly Sound Bath

Sat, June 27 @ 4pm
@ Circle Yoga

Monthly: Monthly Full Moon Sound Baths to connect with the energy of letting go, releasing, and creating space for what we want to bring forward in our lives.

Private Sessions

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Group Sound Baths

I offer sound baths for groups -this can include engagement sessions, birthdays, and other special events. Sessions can be held in-person or virtually. Option for studio rental at Circle Yoga.

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Private Sessions

I offer private individual or group gentle yoga, restorative yoga, and/or sound healing sessions at Circle Yoga, virtually, or at a location that works for you.

To learn more and discuss details, scheduling, and pricing, email me: eloise@eloiserusso.com

FAQs

Blankets and bolsters and sandbags, oh my! Restorative yoga is a nourishing, meditative practice where the body is supported by props in each pose. Restorative poses are held for several minutes to encourage continued release and deeper levels of relaxation. The purpose is to soften and release the grip and tension that may be present in our bodies, and to feel fully supported and held in each pose. This practice can deeply calm your nervous system and provide a sense of nourishment and ease.
Sound healing is a practice that uses sound vibrations to promote relaxation, stress reduction, and overall wellbeing.
A sound bath is a full-body meditative experience often involving singing bowls, gongs, chimes, and other instruments to “bathe” people in vibration and sound. Prior to the sound bath, people will often get comfortable in a lying down position supported by blankets and props. During the sound bath, a variety of instruments are played to support deep relaxation and calming of the mind and body.
Sound healing works by stimulating slower brainwaves that support relaxation, deep meditative states, and healing in the body. By moving into a state of deep relaxation, sound healing can shift the body into the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest), which helps to lower heart rate, blood pressure, and stress hormones.
Sound healing helps with moving out of stress, anxiety, and overwhelm and into deep states of relaxation. In doing so, an environment for healing is created that can support a reduction in the stress hormone cortisol and an increase in our natural endorphins.
Sound healing helps quiet the mind and mental chatter and can support people in accessing deep states of meditation and peace. It can slow brainwaves to the state where healing and regeneration happen (theta), and can support recovery from poor sleep. Sound vibrations can also support the movement of stagnant energy in the body and support emotional release and wellbeing.
If at yoga studio with lots of props:
Wear something comfortable and just bring yourself! All of the blankets and props will be ready for you when you arrive.

If at a place without blankets / props:
Please bring anything that may support your comfort such as a yoga mat or blanket to lie on, a pillow or folded blanket for your head and a blanket to place over you. It can also be nice to have a folded blanket or pillow under your knees.

If you have access to limited props, please bring something to lay on and something to cover yourself with. (blanket, towel, scarf, sweatshirt, etc.)
If you have any questions related to your health and whether this is a good fit for you, please check in with your doctor.
Sometimes people fall asleep during sound baths and that’s absolutely ok and normal. If you are snoring loudly, I may come over and gently touch your foot or ankle to wake you up and encourage you to roll onto your side.