YIN YOGA   
Restore & Rejuvenate Mind and Body
With Therapeutic Yin Yang Yoga Class

Wednesdays 7:45pm to 8:45pm
Sundays 5:45pm to 6:45pm

 
Are you looking for something different?  
Would you prefer a shorter cooler slower class in the evenings?   
   
What is Yin Yoga? 
Explore this relaxing way to open your body, slowly and deeply. Through restorative slow poses come into harmony with your body's natural rhythms. We will focus on our lower back/spine & hips. Your instructors Britney Stables and Kathleen Garvey bring a solid understanding of the body and deep intention to create a healing space for you. They will assist you to move thoughtfully and gradually into each pose, according to your current degree of mobility and ability. You will find where you should be, and hold that position to allow for lasting change and a stretch and release of muscles and connective tissue.
 
Suffering from nerve pain? 
Back issues?
Tight hips?
Compromised knees?
Anxiety?
Sleep disorder?
Sore joints?
 
Do you already feel good? Come, and feel even better! Dedicated bikram method and hot yoga students love these restorative yoga classes timed perfectly at end of day to wind down, encourage restful sleep and and deeper healing. These classes combine perfectly with the original hot yoga series. Take what you learn in Yin Yoga of calming mind and body and use these new tools in your hot classes.
Improve the balance for yourself of yin & yang together in harmony within your practice and your life.  

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Some great reasons to practice Yin Yoga
by Caroline Layzell
1. Yin increases your flexibility.
Yin yoga stretches and targets both the deep connective tissues between the muscles, and the fascia throughout the body. The aim is to increase circulation in the joints and improve flexibility as the poses stretch and exercise the bone and joint areas.
It also helps us to regulate the body's flow of energy.

2. Yin fosters self-love.
Yin yoga is amazing for opening up our hearts, calming our nervous systems, and providing a space for the body to deeply relax. It also allows us to recover and nourish ourselves, wash away our fears, and cultivate compassion and love for ourselves.
Practicing Yin is like thanking yourself for being so awesome. It helps us build absolute self-belief and faith in how wonderful we are, each and every day! This practice is a beautiful way for those who have disconnected from their bodies to reconnect
in a gentle, compassionate way.

3. It melts your stress away.
Question: What is the part of the body that we use the most, but probably spend the least amount of time taking good care of?
Answer: Our minds!
We live in a world of deadlines and appointments, craziness and social media, anxiety and stress. What better way to switch off than to sit still in poses anywhere from three to ten minutes? By doing Yin, you are giving yourself plenty of time to do nothing other than 'just breathe.'
It is a truly perfect way to find space, to slow your mind down, and to be guided deeper into your practice.

4. Yin allows you to become intimate with yourself.
Get ready to get intimate with your feelings, sensations, and emotions-something that can perhaps be ignored during a faster paced class.
When we begin to practice Yin, we learn to listen to our bodies, slowing everything down. We learn to recognize our thoughts, to see them coming in and out of our mind, and to experience and digest them, instead of having them race through our mind like an escaped rollercoaster. This in turn increases our ability t o be in the present moment and practice gratitude,
slowly bringing us closer to our authentic self.

5. It builds fortitude and perseverance.
When life gets tough, you'll find me on my mat practicing Yin-and the world quickly becomes a better place! When you are stuck mentally and the power to walk away is overwhelming, Yin teaches you that staying still and dealing with whatever comes up one breath at a time will actually help you grow. As we hold our Yin pose, the drama peaks, it gets harder to ignore the monkey mind, and we start really wanting to leave the pose. Yin teaches us to find a place of comfort in a not-so-comfortable place and observe our thoughts and reactions from a perspective of calmness.
It is a practice that can be brought into our daily lives.

6. Yin is like meditation for beginners.
During Yin practice you will find yourself with a lot of time on your hands. Here, you find yourself face-to-face with the chance to begin a gentle meditation practice, to slow your breath and calm your mind.
Your teacher will guide you through your practice, offering ways to keep your mind focused and to stop your body and thoughts from wanting to escape.Yin yoga provides a safe place for your mind and body to enter into and consequently gain greater personal growth through a meditative and blissful experience once you open yourself up to the
vastness within yourself.

7. It enables you to release your demons.
When held at length, what seems like an easy, inoffensive pose can change into something super challenging. This is what Yin does-the poses and the way they are held can release incredibly strong sensations, both physically and emotionally.
See, we store our emotions in the various parts of our bodies. Memories, anxieties, and tension linger on in cells stored deep in our tissues. When we go into a yoga pose that opens a part of the body left untouched for a while, these deeply stored memories and emotions resurface.
Doing so can be challenging in the moment, and can lead to a wide array of reactions such as tears, anger, and sheer frustration, but afterwards it leads to our final point...

8. Yin gives you a fabulous afterglow
Practicing Yin gives you that dreamy afterglow where you find that moment of absolute peace within yourself. While you may feel like you have not even broken a sweat by the end of the class, your mind, body, and spirit have been performing on a much deeper, more intense level, leaving you with a clearer mind, a lighter body, and a fuller heart.


Wednesdays 7:45pm to 8:45pm
Sundays 5:45pm to 6:45pm


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night and  Saturday....
THE MID-LIFE CRISIS SHOW
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