Yin Meditation: Relaxing the Mind (Episode 10)
In a Yin approach to meditation, the main emphasis is to develop a relaxed and receptive attitude towards the experiences you have while meditating - you're not trying to control or overly manage thos...
7 Aug 201711min
Yin vs. Yang Meditation (Episode 9)
When we look at different mental qualities, Yin qualities of mind tend to include traits like receptivity, allowance, yielding, tolerance, quiescence, reflection, passivity, or non-manipulation. Yang ...
2 Aug 201714min
What is Meditation? (Episode 8)
Simply put, meditation is mental training, and a way to know yourself better. Meditation develops certain qualities of your mind. For thousands of years, this mental training was practiced within spir...
31 Juli 201711min
Yin Yoga: Bitter Practice, Sweet Result (Episode 7)
I often get the sense that when students come to a Yin Yoga class they want to feel good throughout the class, start to finish, particularly when it's a class that seems on the surface to be "gentle" ...
26 Juli 201710min
Yin Yoga: The Universal Donor of Yoga (Episode 6)
All too frequently, someone says to me: "I love how Yin Yoga makes me feel... BUT, I couldn't just do Yin Yoga." Based on their expression as they say this, I can only assume they think they've caught...
24 Juli 20179min
Yin Yoga: How to Come Out of a Pose (Episode 5)
When it is time to come out of a Yin Posture, you may feel a pronounced disinclination to move quickly. Remember: the tissues in the area that you have targeted will be temporarily weakened as a resul...
19 Juli 201710min
Yin Yoga: Staying Still For Time (Episode 4)
The third principle of Yin Yoga is to stay still for relatively longer periods of time than you would in an active style of yoga practice, such as Ashtanga or Vinyasa Yoga. The question of how long yo...
17 Juli 201710min
Yin Yoga: Relaxing The Muscles (Episode 3)
The second aspect of executing a Yin Yoga posture is to relax the muscles in the area that you are targeting. Confusion tends to arise when students hear this instruction to "relax the muscles." There...
12 Juli 201710min
