Most students in the West seek a physically demanding asana practice; but yoga is about balance.
Some 1000yrs ago, Hatha Yoga appeared as a physical practice to strengthen the body and prepare it for meditation and spiritual awakening. The original forms of Hatha Yoga included awareness of the breath, mudras and asanas (physical actions). They equally emphasised strong muscular activities, yang practices, and softer activities which opened our deeper tissues, such as joints, which are yin practices.
As yoga has become modernized and adapted for the Western culture, many aspects have been lost. The yin side is rarely included as part of a practice, yet that omission robs the student of the chance to develop enhanced health for the whole body, heart and mind. Knowing how to practice in a Yin way, even in a strong Yang practice, will help you gain so much more from your yoga.
Yin Yoga introduces you to the missing half of yoga. Yin Yoga is an important adjunct to a regular 'yang' yoga practice, as it resets the health and vitality of body and mind, and enhances the body’s natural ability to cleanse, relax, and renew. Yin Yoga, with its gentle poses and non-straining approach, aims to cultivate a state of inner, transcendent bliss: Svaroopa. This style places little emphasis on strength-building or fitness, but focuses on encouraging each student to unfold every pose from within, without forcing his or her body into difficult postures, encouraging tissue release.
Yin Yoga is accessible for everyone, including people who don't 'do' yoga, and less experienced yoga students who do not attend a regular class.
These classes are an invitation to rest, relax and open through physical, energetic, emotional and mental layers.
Classes will include floor based asanas (supported and held for 3-5 minutes), Meditation, Visualization, extended Savasana or Yoga Nidra.
I teach simple techniques, yet with profound effects, bringing attention to your breath, to sounds, to feelings, encouraging visual and body scans to reconnect with yourself deeply.
Some 1000yrs ago, Hatha Yoga appeared as a physical practice to strengthen the body and prepare it for meditation and spiritual awakening. The original forms of Hatha Yoga included awareness of the breath, mudras and asanas (physical actions). They equally emphasised strong muscular activities, yang practices, and softer activities which opened our deeper tissues, such as joints, which are yin practices.
As yoga has become modernized and adapted for the Western culture, many aspects have been lost. The yin side is rarely included as part of a practice, yet that omission robs the student of the chance to develop enhanced health for the whole body, heart and mind. Knowing how to practice in a Yin way, even in a strong Yang practice, will help you gain so much more from your yoga.
Yin Yoga introduces you to the missing half of yoga. Yin Yoga is an important adjunct to a regular 'yang' yoga practice, as it resets the health and vitality of body and mind, and enhances the body’s natural ability to cleanse, relax, and renew. Yin Yoga, with its gentle poses and non-straining approach, aims to cultivate a state of inner, transcendent bliss: Svaroopa. This style places little emphasis on strength-building or fitness, but focuses on encouraging each student to unfold every pose from within, without forcing his or her body into difficult postures, encouraging tissue release.
Yin Yoga is accessible for everyone, including people who don't 'do' yoga, and less experienced yoga students who do not attend a regular class.
These classes are an invitation to rest, relax and open through physical, energetic, emotional and mental layers.
Classes will include floor based asanas (supported and held for 3-5 minutes), Meditation, Visualization, extended Savasana or Yoga Nidra.
I teach simple techniques, yet with profound effects, bringing attention to your breath, to sounds, to feelings, encouraging visual and body scans to reconnect with yourself deeply.