Minimizing the practice & slowing the mind can be the hardest thing to learn.
YIN YOGA
Covering all of the essential components for a thorough understanding of Yin Yoga as a practice.
Yin Yoga Methodology
Pain
Target
Threshold
Yin Yoga Lineage
History
Stress
ASANA
Studying the key points of each pose and testing them to develop your own inner experience-base.
Standard Yin Asana
Non Standard Yin Asana
Creativity
Play
Familiarity
Cautions
Targets
MEDITATION
A full introduction to all things meditation. Laying a solid foundation upon which to develop a practice and apply this integral aspect of Yin Yoga.
Zazen
Purpose
Postures
Breath
Styles
Components
ANATOMY
Diving deep into the biology of the human body and the tissue dynamics involved in a physical practice such as Yin Yoga.
Muscles
Joints
Bones
Connective Tissue
Fascia
Anatomical Variation
CHI
Finding ways to cognitively and physically relate to this often misunderstood characteristic of our body and life.
Meridians
Applications
Chakras
TEACHING
Only when we have to learn to share what we have learned do we truly learn it. Unraveling all of the components of Yin Yoga in order to put them back together again in our own way to teach it.
Atmosphere
Cueing
Performance
Music
Sequencing
Voice
TAO
Discussing and contemplating the philosophical underpinnings of Yin Yoga. What this practice truly is and where it leads is not the body or the mind.
Philosophy
Interpretations
Tao Te Ching
Language
Nature