Yule Yin & Nidra - LIVE ONLINE

Service Description

Yin & Nidra - Deep Exploration of Body & Mind Sunday 15th Dec 4:00-6:00pm As we draw close to Yule we have a doubly delightful duo of Wellness Workshops, which can be taken individually or as a combined long session. The combination of the two sessions will take participants on a blissful journey through some deeply releasing Yin yoga poses and on to a relaxing and rejuvenating Yoga Nidra ("sleep of the yogis"). Drawing on the current seasonal energies of Yule, the Midwinter Solstice, the Return of the Light, we will explore both physical and mental expansion and release, using introspection in this natural time of hibernation as well as looking forward to the coming new year. ​The yin session (4.00-5.00pm) involves longer held physical poses with plenty of use of props and personally tailored options, with restorative poses and gentle movement between the longer held poses. This provides an overall experience of calm, cool yin energy (rather than heat-generating, faster moving yang energy), allowing the fascia (connective tissues wrapping our organs and muscles) to release. The nidra session (5.00-6.00pm) is not a physical practice; participants will find a comfortable place to rest - again props are always encouraged to help you find stillness - then we allow the body to completely rest while the mind follows the nidra technique into an effortless state of complete "non-doing".  The two practices together encourage a deep exploration of not only the body, with deep release found in the stretches, but also a deep exploration of where the mind goes, when left to its own devices or when led through the layers of consciousness to a state of bliss...... No previous yoga or yoga nidra experience needed. All are welcome. Props are really helpful if you are joining online at home - bolster (or big cushions), blankets and blocks for the yin, and layers to keep warm in the nidra.