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Yoga Nidra: Deep Rest

A quick session for when you are especially tired. 15 min of total relaxation. This session incorporates physical, energetic, and mental relaxation, as well as intuition. During the practice an inner sanctuary of peace and calm is developed using guided imagery. The sanctuary can be recalled and experienced during stressful times to bring relief.

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Atumnal Yin Yoga: kidney and urinary bladder meridians

Rather than movement and striving, which are yang ways of approaching things, our yin tissues need gentleness and acceptance. When we go into a Yin posture the first line of resistance we face as our joints open or close is from our muscles.

Get cozy, dim the lights, and please let me know how you feel after the practice.

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Yin Yoga: the practice of quiet power

Just as the muscles need our attention to stay healthy and resilient, so does the connective tissue. In order to keep our muscles healthy we need to approach them in a dynamic way, we need to move and stretch. Muscles respond to stress and effort, however our Yin tissues are very different.

Rather than movement and striving, which are yang ways of approaching things, our yin tissues need gentleness and acceptance. When we go into a Yin posture the first line of resistance we face as our joints open or close is from our muscles.

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Yoga Nidra: Deep Rest, Laughter's Medicine

Through deep relaxation, a state of Yoga Nidra arises, which can lead to kaivalyam, or samadhi, in which the sense of individualization merges with absolute, transcendental joy. The practice of shavasana (corpse pose) can facilitate the arising of this state.
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