Yin & Nidra - A Candlelit Solstice Treat
Exploration of Body & Mind with Louise Handy
Service Description
Yin & Nidra - Deep Exploration of Body & Mind Sunday 15th December 4:00-6:00pm In the approach to Yule, or Midwinter Day, 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, the Winter Solstice, the shortest day, the Return of the Light, we will explore both physical and mental expansion and release, using introspection in this time of hibernation but also looking forward to the new year to come. 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.
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Contact Details
2 Charles Darwin Road, Plymouth, UK