THE ART OF LETTING GO
What are the benefits of Yin Yoga & Meditation?
- Boost immunity as you unblock energy to increase vitality and health.
- Release tension to experience calm and relaxation.
- Increase your capacity and flexibility on the physical, mental and emotional levels.
- Create the habit of mindfulness.
- Build resilience; with every breath, we can begin again.
- Cultivate a sense of spaciousness in your heart, body, mind and soul.
The Three Tattvas of Yin Yoga Practice:
A tattva is the reality of a thing, or its category or principal nature.
- Come into the pose to an appropriate depth ("playing our edges").
- Resolve to remain still.
- Hold the pose for a time.
--Sarah Powers
Remembering these three principles as you practice will simplify everything.
Spring is coming to an end and the heart of summer is upon us. As we move from season to season, it is beneficial to honor the transition mindfully. In this practice, there is an opportunity to set an intention: Is there anything you would like to let go as you cross the threshold of a new season? Allow this intention to settle in your heart as you practice breath awareness or a hearing meditation today. Notice what arises, staying with yourself for 5 minutes. When you are ready, open your eyes and notice the light.
June 15
Reclining chest opener 2- 5 minutes
"It's helpful to begin by settling yourself and calling to mind your aspirations and intentions -- perhaps to calm and steady yourself, to find balance and kindness, to live more fully aware and present. Let your own sincerity and heart be the energy that guides what unfolds."
~ Kornfield and Brach
June 16
Seated side body opener 1 minute on each side
"If light is in your heart, you will find your way home."
~ Rumi
June 17
Seated embracing wings 1-2 minutes then repeat with second arm on top
"One of the most courageous decisions you will ever make is to finally let go of whatever is hurting your heart and soul."
~ Brigitte Nicole
June 18
Twisted arms 1-2 minutes for each arm
"The peace that we are looking for is not peace that crumbles as soon as there is difficulty or chaos. Whether we’re seeking inner peace or global peace or a combination of the two, the way to experience it is to build on the foundation of unconditional openness to all that arises. Peace isn’t an experience free of challenges, free of rough and smooth, it’s an experience that’s expansive enough to include all that arises without feeling threatened."
~ Pema Chodren, from Taking The Leap
June 19
Embracing wings 1-3 minutes for each arm
"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."
~Rumi
Our organs are the home of our emotions. Yin is allowing what is surfacing to be there, without running away from it or trying to change it. If we heal the body, we also heal the heart. Stress fuels some of the biggest health problems of our time, including diabetes, depression, osteoporosis, heart attacks, strokes, and autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. Emotional imbalances can be addressed through Yin practice by activating the Parasympathetic Nervous System, enabling us to rebuild and recover our health."
Shavasana of your choice for five minutes or longer
May you be happy, safe, healthy and live with ease,
Tehroma
"She let go.
Without a thought or a word, she let go.
She let go of fear. She let go of the judgments.
She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head.
She let go of the committee of indecision within her.
She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons. Wholly and completely,
without hesitation or worry, she just let go.
She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head.
She let go of the committee of indecision within her.
She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons. Wholly and completely,
without hesitation or worry, she just let go.
She didn’t ask anyone for advice. She didn’t read a
book on how to let go… She didn’t search the scriptures.
book on how to let go… She didn’t search the scriptures.
She just let go.
She let go of all of the memories that held her back.
She let go of all of the anxiety that kept her from moving forward.
She let go of the planning and all of the calculations about how to do it just right.
She let go of all of the memories that held her back.
She let go of all of the anxiety that kept her from moving forward.
She let go of the planning and all of the calculations about how to do it just right.
She didn’t promise to let go.
She didn’t journal about it.
She didn’t write the projected date in her day-timer.
She made no public announcement and put no ad in the paper.
She didn’t check the weather report or read her daily horoscope.
She didn’t journal about it.
She didn’t write the projected date in her day-timer.
She made no public announcement and put no ad in the paper.
She didn’t check the weather report or read her daily horoscope.
She just let go.
She didn’t analyse whether she should let go.
She didn’t call her friends to discuss the matter.
She didn’t do a five-step Spiritual Mind Treatment.
She didn’t call the prayer line.
She didn’t utter one word. She just let go.
She didn’t analyse whether she should let go.
She didn’t call her friends to discuss the matter.
She didn’t do a five-step Spiritual Mind Treatment.
She didn’t call the prayer line.
She didn’t utter one word. She just let go.
No one was around when it happened.
There was no applause or congratulations.
No one thanked her or praised her.
No one noticed a thing.
There was no applause or congratulations.
No one thanked her or praised her.
No one noticed a thing.
Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go.
There was no effort. There was no struggle.
It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad.
It was what it was, and it is just that.
In the space of letting go, she let it all be.
A small smile came over her face.
A light breeze blew through her.
And the sun and the moon shone forevermore."
There was no effort. There was no struggle.
It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad.
It was what it was, and it is just that.
In the space of letting go, she let it all be.
A small smile came over her face.
A light breeze blew through her.
And the sun and the moon shone forevermore."
— Reverend Safire Rose
"Yin Yoga uses relaxed, relatively still postures to gently stress the soft connective tissues surrounding the spine, joints and muscles. In YIN, we approach modifications as the norm, not the exception. Our bodies are structurally unique by design, therefore, we throw aesthetic alignment out the window.
Our organs are the home of our emotions. Yin is allowing what is surfacing to be there, without running away from it or trying to change it. If we heal the body, we also heal the heart. Stress fuels some of the biggest health problems of our time, including diabetes, depression, osteoporosis, heart attacks, strokes, and autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. Emotional imbalances can be addressed through Yin practice by activating the Parasympathetic Nervous System, enabling us to rebuild and recover our health."
~ Deborah Regan (Tuesdays at 9:30am GMT, Deborah teaches a Live Yin Yoga class on our Healing Winds FB page.)
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