Cleanse Your Inner Body
Yin Yoga As Therapy.
I offer a holistic yoga experience that integrates awareness and breath techniques inspired by tantric yoga and taoism to build energy and clear blockages and ultimately prepare the mind for meditation. This is a slow yoga where poses are held for up to five minutes, the use of props is needed to support the joints as they are gently stressed to invigorate the flow of energy in the body. From this place of stillness we start to integrate the mind with the body through the connection of the breath. When enough energy has been created, we can completely let go of all control, surrender to a higher power and create the perfect environment for the body’s innate intelligence to heal itself from within.
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As we age it is the tightening of the fascia around our muscles and bones which causes the inevitable aches and pains. In holding the poses for minutes rather than seconds we are working deeper and taking the stretch into the connective tissue and thus strengthening it.
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The body is supported and held with as many bolsters, blankets, blocks and anything else we need to ensure comfort and relaxation.
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By softening the muscle and remaining as still as possible we start to access the deeper yin parts of the body, the harder, denser areas that don’t usually receive as much hydration as the more yang areas toward the surface such as bone, ligaments, tendons and fascia.
“Restorative poses held for up to 5 minutes open the body and juice the joints.”
Meridian Lines
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine special channels circulate throughout the energetic body acting as pathways where Qi (energy) flows. The flow of Qi permeates every corner of our being including fluids, blood, organs, and bone.
There are twelve main channels that run on both sides of the body and 2 central channels that run down the middle of the body. Each meridian has a corresponding organ pair and an element from the five elements.
Keeping the joints and connective tissues healthy is beneficial because it allows the Qi to flow freely through the meridian system. Working with the channels can help release stagnation, tonify depletion, and maintain the health and function of the joints and tissues on a physical level.