Welcoming the new season of Autumn (in the Northern Hemisphere) by letting go of what doesn’t serve you is the focus of the new Yin Yoga class that you can find on my YouTube channel. With Autumn comes a season of slowing down and gathering in, all in preparation for Winter. This is also a …
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This Yin Yoga for Better Sleep series will help you drift off to sleep and stay asleep longer. Allowing you to wind down at the end of the day and feel refreshed in the morning. If you don’t know what Yin Yoga is you can find out more here. Why not join the FREE online …
Want to know what yin yoga is but prefer listening? Here is a short video explaination if you’d prefer that over this blog. A Brief History of Yin Yoga Yin Yoga originates in the 70s in North America, thanks to martial artist and yoga teacher Paulie Zink. This was not the Yin Yoga we know …
Do you experience low back and hips pain? Or maybe you experience low back pain accompanied by hip stiffness and discomfort? The relatioship between low back and hips might be closer than you think! Low back pain is usually multifactoral and the hips can be a major contributor to the pain. In most cases it …
Yin Yoga can be of great help for a sore neck and tight shoulders. Even though we often practice Yin Yoga from the waist down, I love practicing it to relieve tensions and discomfort in my upper body. And since neck and shoulders tend to be a sore spot for many of us (me included!), …
Yoga can be your ally when suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (also known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis). In spite of the name, CFS symptoms are not limited to extreme fatigue; patients often suffer from chronic pain and neurological symptoms. It is an illness that affects all systems in the body. Yoga has been proven time and …
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I believe Yin Yoga can be a great to for Stress and Anxiety Relief. Having gone through many periods of anxiety, Yin Yoga is always the tool I go back to when I need a break. It gives us time to feel, to be ourselves and generally to just be. We are “human beings”, not …
It can be hard to get good sleep when suffering from chronic pain: pain can keep you up at night and lack of sleep can exacerbate pain. Lack of sleep can also increase inflammation. Inflammation is usually elevated in most chronic conditions – especially autoimmune conditions and good sleep can actually help lower systemic inflammation. …
How do Chronic Pain and Yin Yoga relate? Let’s first look at what pain is and how we end up getting diagnosed with chronic pain. What is pain? According to the International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual …
