by admin | May 4, 2022 | Yin yoga, Yoga Wisdom
Find the ‘comfort in discomfort’ is a phrase you’ll often hear in a Yin yoga practice. Sometimes with little follow up or explanation as to what it actually means. This quote, commonly attributed to the Buddha, helps explain it. “In life, we can’t always control the...
by admin | Apr 27, 2022 | Yin yoga, Yoga Wisdom
Breaking news! Yin yoga causes stress. But it’s not what you think. ‘Stress’ is an anatomical term for what we do to our connective tissues structures whilst we are in yoga poses and other forms of movement. Stress on the tissues occurs through stretching, contraction...
by admin | Apr 20, 2022 | Yoga Wisdom
How a yoga poses looks is the least important part of the pose. But you could be mistaken for thinking the opposite. After all, the look of yoga is perpetuated in the media ad nauseum. Endless tutorials on how poses must look, from toes and fingers elegantly pointed,...
by admin | Mar 30, 2022 | Yin yoga, Yoga Wisdom
The question of how much to talk when teaching Yin yoga comes up without fail during my Yin yoga teacher trainings. Students are understandably curious about the value of words in the Yin classroom space. After all Yin is known as a ‘quiet practice’, so where does...
by admin | Mar 22, 2022 | Yin yoga, Yoga Wisdom
The 7 principles of Yin yoga practice have evolved from the 3 guiding principles of Yin yoga developed by international Yin Yoga teachers Sarah Powers and Bernie Clark. Since then these principles have been expanded upon by Joe Barnett, assistant to Paul Grilley, Yin...
