Shakti Shala Yoga Guernsey
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    • Sheila Maubec
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    • Shakti Shala Yoga Styles
    • Ashtanga Yoga
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    • Vinyasa Yoga/Prana Flow
    • Yin (Restorative) Yoga
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Yin Yoga sessions enhance calm, clarity and well-being; improve sleep and digestion; and generally balance mind and body. Using floor based poses and a variety of props, poses are held to give time for the joints, muscles, and fascia tissue to open and lengthen.
There is sometimes a Yin class on Wednesday evenings and Sunday mornings at St Peters  - check the timetable for classes.

Most students in the West seek a physically demanding asana practice; but yoga is about balance. 
The original forms of Hatha equally emphasised strong muscular activities: yang/rajastic yoga; and softer activities which opened our deeper tissues, such as joints: yin/tamastic yoga.
As yoga has become modernized and adapted for the Western culture, the yin side is often neglected. 
Yin Yoga introduces you to the missing half of yoga. W
ith its gentle poses and non-straining approach, this practice places little emphasis on strength-building or fitness, but focuses on encouraging each student to unfold every pose from within, without forcing, encouraging tissue release. 
​The practice aims to:
  • enhance the natural range of movement in the joints
  • keep muscles soft and release connective tissue (fascia)
  • improve flow of Prana in the tissues surrounding the joint where energy stagnates
  • strengthen energy channels (nadi)
  • encourage mindfulness and mediation within the asana
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. It is also an important adjunct to a regular 'yang' yoga practice enhancing the body’s natural ability to cleanse, relax, and renew. 
Classes will include simple floor based asanas (supported and held passively for 3-5 minutes), Meditation, Visualization, extended Savasana or Yoga Nidra.




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