| YIN YOGA PRIVATE SESSIONS Meet regularly with Lori for private instruction or meet once to create a session designed especially for you to be done at home on your own. YIN YOGA GROUP CLASSES Special Introductory Workshop: Parkpoint Health Club, Saturday, July 18 |
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What is Yin Yoga?
Deep therapy for body, mind, and emotions. Yin Yoga
combines the stillness of meditation with the wisdom of
Traditional Chinese Medicine, resulting in tremendous healing
potential for your body, mind, and heart. Yin Yoga postures are
floor poses held for 3-5 minutes. While holding the pose, we
delicately balance strength and effort with surrender and
acceptance. As we learn to relax through the vehicle of the body,
witnessing but not reacting to sensation, the mind opens into a
meditative state of awareness. We learn to calmly center
ourselves in the midst of challenge.
Many styles of yoga are Yang in nature – dynamic, moving,
emphasizing muscular strength. Dynamic practices are about
evolution. There is always room to grow in the postures, and the
journey leads us outward, toward greater expressions of each
pose.
In contrast, receptive practices like Yin Yoga are about tunneling
inward. We move deeper into our bodies and into our hearts, with
a greater acceptance of where we are now rather than where we
are going. In each pose, we pause, soften, and connect to our
deepest self. It is a passive practice, yet it takes great courage
and power to fully accept what is in each moment.
What are the benefits?
Holding the Yin Yoga poses for several minutes is like needle-
less acupuncture. Life force energy (known as ‘qi’ in Traditional
Chinese Medicine and ‘prana’ in Yogic theory) is unleashed and
distributed throughout the meridian systems, especially the
deepest yin elements of the body – the bones and connective
tissues. Healthy function is restored to the joints, hips, lower
back, sacrum, and shoulders. It is the long holding of deep
stretches that reaches the connective tissues (ligaments,
tendons, fascia), which are not as easily stretched as muscles.
Stretching these deep tissues allows for more comfort while
moving through life and while sitting, especially in seated
meditation.
What do I wear?
Yin Yoga is performed on a yoga mat in comfortable clothing you
can move in. Mat and props are provided. You may want to dress
in layers or long sleeves/pants to stay warm throughout the
session.
Small group classes and private sessions are held in Lori's
peaceful home studio in Santa Rosa CA.
Deep therapy for body, mind, and emotions. Yin Yoga
combines the stillness of meditation with the wisdom of
Traditional Chinese Medicine, resulting in tremendous healing
potential for your body, mind, and heart. Yin Yoga postures are
floor poses held for 3-5 minutes. While holding the pose, we
delicately balance strength and effort with surrender and
acceptance. As we learn to relax through the vehicle of the body,
witnessing but not reacting to sensation, the mind opens into a
meditative state of awareness. We learn to calmly center
ourselves in the midst of challenge.
Many styles of yoga are Yang in nature – dynamic, moving,
emphasizing muscular strength. Dynamic practices are about
evolution. There is always room to grow in the postures, and the
journey leads us outward, toward greater expressions of each
pose.
In contrast, receptive practices like Yin Yoga are about tunneling
inward. We move deeper into our bodies and into our hearts, with
a greater acceptance of where we are now rather than where we
are going. In each pose, we pause, soften, and connect to our
deepest self. It is a passive practice, yet it takes great courage
and power to fully accept what is in each moment.
What are the benefits?
Holding the Yin Yoga poses for several minutes is like needle-
less acupuncture. Life force energy (known as ‘qi’ in Traditional
Chinese Medicine and ‘prana’ in Yogic theory) is unleashed and
distributed throughout the meridian systems, especially the
deepest yin elements of the body – the bones and connective
tissues. Healthy function is restored to the joints, hips, lower
back, sacrum, and shoulders. It is the long holding of deep
stretches that reaches the connective tissues (ligaments,
tendons, fascia), which are not as easily stretched as muscles.
Stretching these deep tissues allows for more comfort while
moving through life and while sitting, especially in seated
meditation.
What do I wear?
Yin Yoga is performed on a yoga mat in comfortable clothing you
can move in. Mat and props are provided. You may want to dress
in layers or long sleeves/pants to stay warm throughout the
session.
Small group classes and private sessions are held in Lori's
peaceful home studio in Santa Rosa CA.
| "Yin practice takes you deeper into where you are, not out to where you think you should be. This approach challenges us to rethink what asana is about. It marries meditation and asana into a very deep practice. Some people, especially beginners, are not interested in or willing to do this—to sit inside their discomfort and just watch their reactions instead of trying to fix or change the pose. Yin Yoga challenges you to sit in the pure presence of awareness. It's hard in a different way than active asana practice, but in a way that's more profound and satisfying as well as more beneficial to the deeper tissues.” ~Sarah Powers |
| If we miss the present moment, we miss our appointment with life. ~Thich Nhat Hanh |
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