{"id":31,"date":"2014-06-01T22:13:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T22:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2017-08-11T16:52:45","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T16:52:45","slug":"restorative-and-yin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/?page_id=31","title":{"rendered":"Yin and Restorative Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAll lif\"Sabbath\"e requires a rhythm of rest<\/strong>. There is a rhythm in our waking activity and the body\u2019s need for sleep. There is a rhythminthe way day dissolves into night, and night into morning. There is a rhythm as the active growth of spring and summer is quieted by the necessary dormancy of fall and winter. There is a tidal rhythm, a deep eternal conversation between the land and the great sea. In our bodies, the heart perceptibly rests after each life-giving beat; the lungs rest between the inhale and the exhale.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have lost this essential rhythm. Our culture invariably supposes that action and accomplishment are better than rest, that doing something \u2013 anything\u2014is better than doing nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we do not allow for a rhythm of rest, illness becomes our Sabbath.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Sabbath<\/em> by Wayne Mueller<\/p>\n

Yin Yoga<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yin is the stable, unmoving, hidden aspect of things; yang is the changing, moving, revealing aspect.<\/p>\n

Yang<\/strong>: sun, day, summer, warm, active, light, masculine<\/p>\n

\"SunMoonYinYang\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Yin<\/strong>: moon, night, winter, cool, passive, dark, feminine<\/p>\n

Yin yoga is a complement or balance to a more active practice. \u00a0Deeper, longer, cooler, darker, quieter, getting into the connective tissues of the body, the subtle body and nervous system. But in Yin we are still stretching, allowing the connective tissues to elongate and strengthen. Creating space in the body. Using gravity to open the body and release. \u00a0The two principles that differentiate yin practice from more yang approaches are: Longer holds in the poses\u00a0(time); and Deep\u00a0stretching of the connective tissues, relaxing the outer muscle tissues (gravity).<\/p>\n

These longer, deeper poses allow the mind to quiet and find stillness within the pose.<\/p>\n

II.46 Stiram Sukham Asanam. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Abiding in ease is asana. Yoga is the ability to be still.<\/p>\n

\u201cFind repose in every pose.\u201d B.K.S. Iyengar<\/p>\n

Sherry<\/strong> teaches yin yoga, weaving her knowledge of yoga philosophy with the supported poses toe create a rich contemplative practice.<\/p>\n

Grilley, Paul, Yin Yoga<\/em>, White Cloud Press, Ashland, OR, 2002. Also: www.yogajournal.com\/practice\/580<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Restorative Yoga<\/strong><\/p>\n

Restorative yoga, as defined by Judith Lasater, is the intentional manipulation of the nervous system and use of props to facilitate deep relaxation, to induce a parasympathetic nervous system response.<\/p>\n

\"SSideLying5\"<\/p>\n

Unlike Yin\u00a0Yoga,\u00a0Restorative is not stretching. Stretching is activating, stimulating, and irritating to the nervous system.<\/p>\n

Restorative yoga, is intentionally stilling, quieting, calming, deactiviating the sympathetic nervous system.<\/p>\n

Restorative yoga uses many props and supports as well as blankets and comforts to allow the body and mind to enter into full state of rest.<\/p>\n

Yes! There is a person in there! Human Swaddling.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I.2 Yogas Chitta Vritti Nirodah. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Yoga is the intentional calming and quieting of the modifications of the mind, the thoughts, patterns and tendencies in our individual field of consciousness.<\/p>\n

Sherry<\/strong> has been certified to teach restorative yoga by acclaimed teacher, Judith Hanson Lasater.<\/p>\n

Lasater, Judith Hanson, Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times<\/em>, Rodmell Press, Berkeley CA, 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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