Yin Yoga invites us to reconnect with our lunar gentleness, to cultivate freshness, fluidity, rest, to value doing “less”, and letting go.
“Yoga teaches us to vibrate from our central axis, connecting earth and sky, to make our being an antenna, a cosmic sentinel, open to marvelous and invisible life.”*
Connecting to your central axis requires finding balance. In all holistic medicines, balance is the ultimate goal of our health.
But you might ask, how can we find balance when life is going by so fast, when I'm constantly taking on responsibilities and activities without taking a break? The answer lies in the question: let's take a break, a real break from our fast-paced lives, our mental preoccupations, our endless to-do lists.
Let's slow down, refresh our bodies, take the time to breathe and create a real space to cultivate awareness of the now, this only space and time where life is real, rich in experiences.
Let's learn to slow down by starting on our mats through the practice of asanas (postures) held longer, gentle, slow, and respectful sequences. Let's rebalance the balance of our dynamism and daily active movements.
Let us learn to be still, without unnecessary movement, in silence.
Let us learn to feel while refusing pain.
Mentally, Yin Yoga, as opposed to its Yang, invites us to reconnect with our lunar gentleness, to cultivate freshness, fluidity, rest, to value doing "less", and letting go, even if only for the time of a practice or a breath.
Physically, Yin Yoga allows us to regain fluidity, flexibility, and strength in our connective tissues: our joints, ligaments, tendons, and fascia. The duration, stillness, and sensations of the postures are the most appropriate ways to restore health to these "yin" tissues.
Energetically, each posture will have a rebalancing impact on the energy channels of your being (called “meridians” in traditional Chinese medicine), and the organs and emotions connected to the meridians.
WHO CAN PRACTICE YIN YOGA?
Everyone, very appreciated by people who need to take time, to regain flexibility in their body and mind, to have a postural practice with a meditative spirit, pregnant women, young people, the less young, beginners, less beginners, the curious, athletes and couch potatoes.
If you have an injury or recent surgery, please inform your teacher at the start of your practice.
* Excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita or the art of acting by Colette Poggi Written by Lucille Baules, teacher at Yoga Searcher
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