The Yin Yoga podcast marries traditional Yin Yoga with scientific evidence. Engage in healing practices that help you to deepen your mindfulness practice and support self regulation. All practices are Pain Care Aware to support individuals living with chronic pain.
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Yin: Untangled is a discussion on all things Yin Yoga, Intuition, Energy Work, Healing, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Life, Learning and MORE. Hosted by Cat Mead. Find me at www.theyinportal.com ❤
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Living Yin is a podcast dedicated to all things Yin Yoga, Chinese Medicine and meditation related. In each and every podcast you will enjoy Yin Yoga Theory, Chinese medicine wisdom, interviews with experts and the most up-to-date information about the science of Yin. I look forward to sharing the wonderful world of Yin Yoga with you.
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Hi! This is "The Quiet Quill: Yin Yoga for Writers" podcast, where writing and yin yoga harmoniously converge. Immerse yourself in gentle yin yoga targeting body and soul while exploring creative prompts. Get inspired with captivating author interviews, where celebrated writers share insights, experiences, and literary masterpieces. Unleash your writing potential with writing classes that delve into genres, techniques, and storytelling. Join our sanctuary of mindfulness and creativity, nurtu ...
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Understanding Yourself and Your Practice Through the Prism of The Gunas
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In this solo discussion episode, we'll explore the three intertwined modes that constitute our very existence, the Gunas. This enlightening discussion will offer a fresh perspective on the intense sensations and fluctuations experienced in a yin practice, allowing you to cultivate a deeper understanding of your own nature. But we don't stop at the …
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The Future of Yoga: A Conversation with Nikki Hadjithoma
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In this episode you will meet Nikki Hajitoma, a renowned Yin Yoga teacher and trainer. We delve into Nikki's unique approach to yoga, where Western anatomy meets Eastern philosophy, and how this fusion supports psycho-spiritual development. In our conversation, we discuss some misconceptions about Yin Yoga, a practice often misunderstood as 'easy' …
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A Celebration of the Body: Yin Yoga, Cellular Respiration, and Gratitude
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Experience the profound connection between the universe within you and the world around you as we journey through an exquisite exploration of yin yoga, mindfulness, and the incredible power of gratitude. This is a 90-minute yin yoga practice that fosters a profound sense of appreciation for your body. Designed to bring tranquility, connection, and …
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Somatic Practice: Your Daily Routine for Stiff Upper Back and Neck
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Ever felt like you needed some extra TLC for your upper back, neck, and shoulders? You're not alone. Come along as I guide you through an enriching somatic session, inspired by Feldenkrais method. This is a sublime practice that will not only bring a peaceful awareness to these often cranky areas, but also provide some valuable somatic learning. He…
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Yin & Somatic Practice: Calming Pelvic Pain and Tension
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Ready to revolutionize your relationship with your pelvic floor? This enlightening episode is like a road map to pelvic health, guiding you through gentle practices and their benefits, understanding the intricacies of your pelvic anatomy, and effective ways you can manage pelvic pain. I'll give you a primer on the the science behind pelvic floor dy…
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Yin & Experiential Anatomy: Meet the Traps
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Become a Patron of the Yin Yoga Podcast! Just $15/month for access to premium, exclusive content and courses. Learn More In this practice, we unravel the potential an often overlooked and misunderstood part of our bodies. We'll delve deep into the anatomy and function of the trapezius muscles, introducing you to a range of exercises that help you u…
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Becoming an Evidence Informed Yin Yoga Teacher or Student: A Guided Journey Part Four
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Are you ready to unlock the power of evidence-informed Yin Yoga in managing chronic pain? This fascinating episode wraps up our four-part series, illuminating how Yin Yoga can help regulate the nervous system and promote mindfulness. We journey through the meditative stages of a typical Yin class, revealing the transformative impact it can have on …
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Becoming an Evidence Informed Yin Yoga Teacher or Student: A Guided Journey Part Three
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In this third episode in our Becoming an Evidence Informed Yin Teacher or Student, I'll be reviewing some actual papers for you that are not directly about Yin Yoga but instead about an important component of our practice, stretching. In this third episode in our Becoming an Evidence Informed Yin Teacher or Student, I'll be reviewing some actual pa…
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Becoming an Evidence Informed Yin Yoga Teacher or Student: Part Two
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Ready to level up your Yin Yoga teaching or practice? We're back with part two of our enlightening series, and this time, we're demystifying the process of reading research. In this solo episode, I'll guide you to improve your research literacy, ensuring you can critically evaluate studies and make sure that the research you read is relevant to you…
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Becoming an Evidence Informed Yin Yoga Teacher or Student: A Guided Journey Part One
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In this solo episode I share invaluable insights that will empower both teachers and practitioners to deepen their understanding of Yin Yoga, as well as underscore the importance of employing research-backed knowledge for the betterment of physical and mental health. I'll share the top reasons why Yin Yoga is the perfect canvas for evidence informe…
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Yin & Somatics: Activate to Release Tight Hip Flexors
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So many of us suffer with hip flexors that feel stiff, tight, sore or even painful. it's not uncommon for me to encounter clients and students that are even plagued with a reduced range of motion and trouble fully extending the hip. So it makes sense to just stretch right? Though it seems plausable that lenghening what feels tight is the best cours…
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Harmonizing Body and Mind: The Relationship between Yin Yoga and Traditional Chinese Medicine
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In this episode we peel back the layers of Eastern wisdom with our esteemed guest, Josh Summers. Seasoned Yin teachers and novice practitioners alike will benefit from Josh's perspective in this fascinating discussion. Josh generously shares his insights on how Yin Yoga, when melded with TCM, can prepare the mind and body for deeper meditation. But…
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Yin & Somatics: Benevolent Awareness for the Neck and Throat
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Though the front of the neck and throat are only a very small part of the physical body, they have an oversized role in self hood. This practice is amazing for my listeners with neck pain, but especially valuable for those of us who hold stress in the throat area. In this gentle practice you will cultivate a benevolent awareness for the front of th…
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Exploring Shoulder Anatomy: A Deep Dive into Yin Yoga and Myofascial Release Techniques
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You might think you know the intricacies of your shoulder anatomy, but this practice will take you to a depth of understanding that you've never reached before. We're not just talking about the surface-level stuff; we're diving right into the complex details of your shoulder anatomy. We're also discussing how increased blood flow, nervous system be…
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Befriending the Hip: A Holistic Approach to Hip Tension
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Ever felt frustrated with persistent hip tension that just won't go away? Ever wondered if there's a simpler, more holistic way to relieve that discomfort? Today, we're using the healing power of awareness in movement: Yin Yoga, to bring radical acceptance and relief to our bodies. I'll equip you with practical strategies to maximize your relaxatio…
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Harnessing the Power of the Five Elements in Your Practice and in Your Life
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Register for my Yin Masterclass: Creating Yin Sequencing Poetry. Join me live on September 11, 2023 at 2 pm CT (USA) or request the recording after 9/11 at https://yoga.mandyryle.com/creating-yin-sequencing-poetry/ Join us as we unravel the intriguing five element theory with Dr. Melissa West, a pioneer of Yoga on YouTube since 2009. Learn how to a…
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Yin & Somatics: Lasting Relief for Hip and Groin Tension
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Ever wondered why tension seems to build up in certain areas of your body, like the front of your pelvis and groins? This episode of the Yin Yoga Pod-practice aims to provide answers to this question while helping you find a solution through mindful movement. education and of course, stretching. We unravel the profound connection between your daily…
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Yin & Somatics: Thoracic Nerve Flossing
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Yoga is a bit preoccupied with muscles, Yin perhaps a bit too preoccupied with joints and connective tissues. But there is another element to healthy movement that is being influenced in our practice, in all of our movement really... that's the nerves. This practice puts the other tissues in a supporting role in favor of mobilizing, and gaining awa…
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Unlocking Your Authentic Voice: The Intersection of Yin Yoga, Nervous System Regulation, and Leadership
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How can Yin Yoga and nervous system communication unearth your unique and authentic voice? Join us on a fascinating journey with Elise Besler, a Yin Yoga teacher, musician, and leadership coach, as she sheds light on the intricate interplay between our nervous system, yoga practice, and the environment we create in our classes. We delve deep into i…
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Some of these poses are unfamiliar! If you need a visual, Click for a pose gallery of this practice. We don’t usually think about inversions in Yin. So to introduce them into a mild practice takes a bit of creativity and, in this case a bolster and a strap. The poses will emphasize the hips but our true purpose is to encounter something new, someth…
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Bolster Giveaway: The podcast returns for real on July 26th!
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The podcast is still on break for a couple more weeks. But that doesn't mean that we aren't hard at work on future episodes. As I plan the rest of the 4th season, I can't help but wonder what YYP listeners would like more of. In fact, this information is so valuable to me, that it's worth a $104 Hugger Mugger bolster. No. Two of them! I'd love your…
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A Yin Hiatus May 24 - July 26: And a Special Offer
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I'm on break for the next couple of months but will be returning with fresh new episodes on July 26. You can keep practicing with me this Summer in The Shift School! Take advantage of this special deal and get unlimited access to The Shift School for 50% off. You'll get dozens of Yin practices, somatics and even strength based Vinyasa. Join the 3 m…
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Ink & Renewal: Yin Yoga to Awaken Creativity
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Welcome to the debut episode of "The Quiet Quill: Yin Yoga for Writers"! Join host, Tasha, on a serene journey where the fusion of yin yoga and expressive writing will nourish your body, calm your mind, and ignite your creative spirit. In this enchanting session, we delve into the captivating practice of yin yoga, focusing on shapes that specifical…
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Yin & Somatics: The Toes Have It
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This practice is all about the lower body. But we will work with the feet, ankles, knees, thighs and hips with an unorthodox somatic lens, the toes. You will be delighted to discover how influential these appendages are in your poses and movements and your knees and ankles will thank you for the attention. This practice is geared especially to my l…
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Guided Somatic Meditation for Heartfelt Good Wishes
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A quick guided somatic meditation to help you to learn how to comfort yourself. I have loosely based this meditation on the teachings of Kristen Neff. She tells us that we and we alone are the most capable of comforting ourselves. In this practice you will offer yourself warmth and comfort. This is a valuable skill that can help us to manage stress…
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Yin & Somatics: Neck Pain Relief
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The human neck is a tricky place. It's a complex experience of musculoskeletal, nervous and vascular tissue. But also bound to thoughts, feelings and beliefs. Any of these components of the neck can contribute to issues here. For this pod practice I have created a somatic lesson to address this complexity. We will lean mostly in to somatics here wi…
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Should Yin Yoga Be Deep or Mild?
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A debate that rages on. Some students swear by the benefit of of deep and intense duration stretch. Some by a milder attitude for the length of the hold. Though I think it’s clear that I personally favor the latter, I also think that it depends on your goal for practice. So let’s first consider the goals and then some of the evidence. This is a ver…
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Yin & Yoga Philosophy: Acceptance
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While you marinate in juicy poses targeting the hips, we will explore a the duality of resistance and acceptance. You will have an opportunity to discover how these qualities manifest themselves in your tissues, in your poses and indeed in your entire experience of self. We will not dogmatically attempt to annihilate resistance, rather, I will teac…
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Yin Yoga and Meditation with Addie deHilster
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This week I am interviewing Addie deHilster. Addie is a mindful movement teacher whose teaching prioritizes mindfulness from the Vipassana tradition. She blends many styles of movement including Yoga, somatics and chi gong to facilitate embodiment. We discuss how Yin yoga in many ways is already a very accessible form of meditation. You will learn …
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Yin & Pranayama: Collective Amoebic Consciousness
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For this sublime practice we will blend somatic movements and static Yin poses with a breathing technique known as cellular breathing. This technique hails from the Body Mind Centering somatic tradition and it enhances this practice experience greatly. This is a practice to feel alive in every cell. Transformational Self Care A Late Winter Wellness…
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Yin & Pranayama: Expand Your Breathing Options
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This practice is a blend of Yin Yoga and pranayama with a bit of somatic work sprinkled in. We will explore a breathing practice that I learned from my mentor Neil Pearson that I call, Expand Your Breathing Options. As you engage in movement and awareness you will also contemplate the gift of breath. This is a practice that is ripe with opportuniti…
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Yin & Somatics: Thoracic Expression
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The upper back is an area that can be a big source of tension and even pain. We also have a fair amount of cultural baggage around the appropriate way to hold our upper back. Even in the Yoga world, we tend to favor a stiff and straight upper back above other shapes. But the upper back is capable of so much more, and I believe we suffer when we get…
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Understanding Yin Yoga and Fascia
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While it's true that you could practice Yin Yoga for a lifetime without knowing a thing about science, I do believe that a little scientific knowledge can go a long way. It's amazing how just a bit of understanding can influence the choices you make in your practice or in your teaching. How subjective experiences become even richer and more meaning…
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Yin & Pranayama: Natural Energy
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We usually think of Yin as calming, soothing and down regulating. But with a few tweaks, we can cultivate a calm, natural energy as well. Not the jittery wired feeling you get from caffeine but a gentle boost, without the crash. Back in episode 7 in this 4th season, we discussed breathing techniques, science and how this all applies to Yin Yoga. Pl…
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Relieve Joint Stiffness and Pain in the Morning
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It's a familiar story but it breaks my heart every time. For people with chronic pain, just getting out of bed in the morning can be a real challenge. Though some joint stiffness in the morning is totally normal, debilitating pain that makes you dread getting up is not normal. There are so many reasons that pain may be worse in the morning, and we …
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Yin & Somatics: Hip Flexor Relief
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The hip flexors are a group of muscles on the front of the hip which include the psoas, the illiacus and the rectus femoris. These muscles flex the hip, or draw the knee up toward the torso. However, a pain care approach will never reduce an issue to just one aspect of self such as certain muscles or tissues. So this practice makes use of several p…
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For something so simple, there sure is a lot of disagreement about how to breathe in Yin Yoga. In this episode I unpack some of the evidence around Yogic breathing and help you to understand how you might employ the evidence and various techniques into your own practice and/or teaching. Understanding the evidence can transform your Yin practice and…
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Yin & Somatics for Deep Hip Learning
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The hip is more than a collection of tissues. It's a unique and complicated element of the embodied self. In this practice we combine a somatic lesson with some of your favorite Yin poses. These will facilitate deep learning for you and your hips! Some of the poses are not so familiar so I have again provided a pose gallery. You can find the images…
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Yin & Somatics: Your Nervous System and Your Neck
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This is a go to, short practice to relieve neck and shoulder tension naturally. The whole practice can be done from a simple chair. You will engage in some somatic work as well as gentle stretching to increase range of motion and reduce feelings of stiffness. You will also learn about the relationship between these cranky tissues and the nervous sy…
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Yin & Somatics: Heartfelt Good Wishes
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This movement practice is supported by a form of meditation known as a Koan. Essentially a line of inquiry that you explore quietly. This type of meditation can lead to profound insight and transformation. Your movement will focus on the lower body with a progressive sequence of twists. This is a sweet and inquisitive practice that will leave you f…
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Yin & Somatics: Stress Support
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Chronic stress is linked to many of the most pernicious chronic diseases that plague modern humans. Managing stress is of critical importance for health, memory, learning and quality of life. We can't change the stressful times that we live in. But there are simple, evidence informed strategies that you can use to reduce your stress in the moment, …
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Yin & Meditation: As I am meant to be
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At the start of the new year. Most of us are looking forward and hoping to make some postive changes for the future. I offer this practice as a framework for moving forward with compassion. With kindness for where you have been and hope for where you are going. Evidence shows that we are actually more effective at meeting our goals when we start wi…
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5 Reasons Yin Yoga is So Beneficial for Chronic Pain
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Yin Yoga is so much more than stretching. For those with chronic pain, it has so much to offer, way beyond increasing flexibility. As a pain care coach, I provide practices, and techniques to my clients so that they may be the leader of their own healing process. Though I have many many strategies to choose from, when providing a customized plan, a…
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Chair Yin for Travel Aches and Pains
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Many of my clients experience a pain flare during or after travel. Pain is so complex and multifaceted, so there is never any one reason that it rears it’s ugly head. Often, when pain is flaring in a travel situation, it’s because we have some anxiety and we aren’t moving very much. This practice addresses both issues. I’ve chosen the stretches we …
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Yin & Meditation: Your Shoulder without Agenda
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This gentle but powerful practice explores a concept as well as the shoulder through movement and mindfulness. Your practice will be supported by a simple task, moving from a place of curiosity rather than agenda. You will have an opportunity to explore how your beliefs shape your impressions of your shoulder as well as your movments. This is a ver…
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Yin & Meditation for Acceptance
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When most of us hear the word acceptance, we think of giving up or giving in. Our culture makes a virtue of resisting, fighting, wriggling out of difficult circumstances. But there is enormous value in the practice of accepting first. Acknowledging is the first step in self compassion. This pod-practice is about moving forward with compassion, rath…
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Yin & Somatics: How to Stretch Your Neck
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I’m sort of amazed, and appalled, about how much misinformation there is about neck pain. One really irksome myth is that if your neck is tight, some stretching will help bring relief and over time, this stretching will fix the tightness and the pain it is “causing”. Total horse$%I$. Sorry to all of those influencers who are peddling this myth. The…
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Yin & Somatics for Gratitude
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Gratitude is a practice just like any other. It requires effort, even when it's challenging. But it's worth it. People who commit to a more grateful existence experience better physical and mental health, more happiness and closer relationships. For this practice we will not look outside of self but deep within to the very building block of life, t…
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Yin & Somatics for Falling Asleep
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No human can survive without the ability to engage with the world. Our nervous systems are beautifully evolved to help us to attend to our survival needs by interacting with not just the objects and situations of the natural world, but also, other human nervous systems. But the opposite is true as well. No human can survive without the ability to d…
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Yin & Pranayama: Time to Breathe
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Breathing is the simplest thing in the world. But it's also incredibly powerful. Science is just recently tuning in to the capacity of the breath to heal mental illness, chronic pain, chronic stress and so much more. While there is no wrong way to breathe, there are certainly more strategic ways to breathe. This practice is a purposeful exploration…
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