Can we grow our interoception and why would it benefit us? If you remember your early foray into yoga you probably remember postures and movements you immediately gravitated towards and definitely remember those you dreaded. The signals ‘like/dislike’ were clear enough yet we learned to override them by following a set of rules about correct…
Come and join me for a deep and restful Yin Yoga & Myofascial Release Meditation Class this Christmas A 2 1/2 hour long session live online 3 month access No experience necessary You’ll need a thick warm blanket and a soft fleecy one, a bolster, bricks or books, giant ball or chair, eye pillow and …
How does Yin Yoga regulate the nervous system? Negative ions are nature’s free gift to us in the atmosphere. They are abundantly present in sea air, woods as well as in moisture rich air after rainfall. They can also be produced electronically through air filters that enhance the ions. Negative ions improve serotonin levels, the key hormone…
A gentle path into Meditation…. by Sarah Lo Meditation may be the last practice you feel like factoring in to your day. It really helps to have the safety of someone around in the background when you want to investigate this way of stilling yourself. Another gentle way into the enquiry process is through Yin…
I love this article from Sharon Salzberg which explains the way we can think about balance and equanimity, often very misunderstood. Hope you find it helpful too in these troubling times. Sarah This photo I took of the swan navigating it’s way through the frozen pond just days ago…. staying calm! How to Stay Calm…
LEVEL 3 YIN YOGA TEACHER TRAINING ONLINE MYOFASCIAL RELEASE, SOMATICS, BUDDHISM & COMPASSION MEDITATION DATES: SEPTEMBER 2, 9, 16 & 23, 2023 TIMING: 3:00-5:30PM This is a 4 week online Yoga Alliance Registered 50 Hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training in Myofascial Release, Somatics, Buddhism & Compassion Meditation. You will also receive recordings of classes, practicums and lectures to…
One of the things that you’ll rarely hear yoga practitioners talk about is the consistency they have or don’t have with their Meditation practice. I for now am far more comfortable talking about the many forms my meditation practice takes, whether it be a mindful walk, within a yin yoga posture or simply lying in…
Which way do you enjoy stretching? I am sharing an article below which I recently came across on stretching. Whilst I believe that writers and exercise practitioners in other fields have their own methods of stretching, unless they have their own longer term experience of yin yoga, they would not fully understand nor feel the…
EVERYONE EVERYONE EVERYONE deserves time out and a rest for themselves. After the year we have had following covid there has seemed a very dim light glowing out there somewhere beckoning us all along for hope. Hope for the future, hope for our sanity, hope for the world. Will we all get through this? This…
Is Yin Yoga a cooling practice? Yes it is! The experience however is always unique to the practitioner and is always relative to what pose you have chosen, how you have come into the pose and how you are navigating the moment to moment experience. When I was growing up in Singapore, my Chinese aunty would always offer me a ‘cooling’ drink when we…
