Yin yoga finding exquisite stillness

What is Yin Yoga?

Yin yoga is based around non-rhythmic and still poses. The postures are held for a sustained period of time in a mindful and gentle way. Specific sequences are designed to target meridian channels. This makes yin yoga a fusion of yoga poses with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) principles. Both traditions have an implicit understanding of energetic pathways in the body. In yoga there are 72,000 nadi channels or energy pathways and of these 108 are considered significant whereas in TCM there are 14 major organ meridians. Yin yoga sequences explore deep parts of the body stimulating, massaging and distributing the flow of energy along these meridian channels.

The workshop in August focused on kidney and bladder organs and meridians while September we mapped out and explored the liver and gall bladder organs and meridians.

 

In the this late spring intensive, we will explore restorative poses that focus on moving energy (prana) and information (citta) through the physical organs: stomach and and spleen. This is followed by a sequence of yin yoga poses to massage and stimulate the stomach and spleen meridians. There will be a handout accompanying this workshop. 

See you there,

Om shanti,

Margot