Yin Yoga - 8 Week Series
Yin Yoga - 8 Week Series
Expand your yoga practice and improve your wellbeing with this 8-week Yin Yoga journey guided by Susan Shaver. This series introduces participants to this delightful and meditative experience by teaching the guiding principles of Yin Yoga, offering a variety of ways to come into poses with care and comfort and by providing words of inspiration and encouragement. Each class builds on the previous one and will have a specific healing theme by either focusing on specific body parts such as spine, hips or legs or through specific Chinese meridians such as kidney, liver and gallbladder. All classes will end with ample time for a guided meditation.
What is Yin Yoga?
Yin Yoga draws from the principles of traditional Chinese medicine, the elements of mindfulness meditation and our contemporary understanding of our connective tissues: the joints, ligaments, bones, fascia. This style of yoga uses longer-held, more passive poses to help restore the body, nourish it at the cellular level, and increase energy flow within the body. Yin Yoga is complementary to more vigorous yoga styles and all forms of exercise such as running, swimming, biking, hiking etc…
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Event Details :
When: Thursday nights: Oct. 17, 24 and 31; Nov. 7, 14, 21; Dec. 5 & 12
Time: 7:15 PM - 8:30 PM (Thursday nights)
Registration deadline: Monday September 30th
MORE ABOUT YIN YOGA
Benefits: Yin yoga can help with flexibility, range of motion, circulation, emotional balance, and reducing symptoms of stress, depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbances
Principles & Sequences: Yin yoga incorporates principles of traditional Chinese medicine, and the sequences are meant to stimulate the body's subtle channels/meridians
Mindfulness & Stillness: Yin yoga encourages practitioners to tune into their bodies and minds, fostering a state of mindful stillness
Postures: Yin yoga poses are held for longer periods of time than other yoga styles
Focus & Intention: Yin yoga focuses on the body's deep connective tissues, such as ligaments, tendons, and fascia, rather than muscles.
Props: Yin yoga props can include blocks, blankets, bolsters, cushions, straps and weights
Counterpoint: Yin yoga is a counterpoint to more vigorous yoga styles and all forms of exercise such as swimming, biking, running, hiking etc…
$175 for 8 Weeks
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