Podcast interviews with Bernie Clark
about Your Spine Your Yoga and Yin Yoga
J Brown talks to Bernie about his new book and the important perspective it provides. They discuss the notion of“neutral spine,” the myth of flexibility, understanding stability and strength, the concepts of stress and load, variationin our structures, the “anti-fragility curve,” functional movement, and how important it is for each person to develop their own sense of awareness.
Cora Geroux and Bernie talk about how yin yoga works, why standardized
alignmentcues aren’t accurate as well as creep and antifragility theory. Cora brings a depth of experience from a decade-long teaching career to ask expert guest the most thought provoking, useful and specific questions she can. Her aim is that each episode educates, inspires or provides useful information for both yoga teachers and practitioners from the best minds in the field.
Josh Summers completes his 4-part interview with Bernie where they discuss the importance of stability over mobility in the health of our spines and define some important terms that every yoga practitioner should be fluent with. They discuss the difference between stability and mobility, how best to train each, the differences between stress and stretch, as well as flexibility and mobility.
Paula Mitten talks to Bernie about the challenges of teaching yoga. She is the creator of the web series “Yoga Teachers Masterclass: where yoga experts share thoughts about what it takes to find students, keep them long-term, and teach full-time. Paula left her full-time career to teach yoga, and through trial and error, finally found the perfect balance of learning, teaching, and practicing.
From internationally acclaimed yoga master teacher and scholar Paul Grilley, comes this in-depth training program which synthesizes Paul’s work in Yoga Anatomy and Yin Yoga into a profoundly logical and illuminating approach to the practice of yoga asana. Paul’s “Functional Approach” is deeply rooted in a reverential understanding of the historical origins of yogic thought and teaching, while expertly addressing the most important needs of today’s yoga practitioners and teachers.
Yin is In! Yin Yoga has been with us since the beginning of Hatha Yoga centuries ago. But since the early 19th century, yoga has become more and more yang-like in nature. Everything requires balance: yin completes yang. Yin Yoga is the balancing practice for the more active, muscular yang yogas. There are more and more teachers offering Yin Yoga today, and more workshops and opportunities to learn how to become a Yin Yoga teacher. If diving deeper into the yin-side of life is on your bucket list, there are lots of opportunities for you
This course will examine what meditation is, why we do it (its many benefits, spiritually, psychologically and physically), and how to do it, from a variety of viewpoints: From Eastern Yogic and Buddhist views to Western Psychotherapeutic understanding. The course will include personal, one-on-one training in Deep Meditation, as well as group instruction, to give the student an experiential basis for the practice of meditation. Held at the Semperviva Yoga Studios – Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
The Yin Yoga Forum
Recent Forum Discussions: If you have something to contribute to these topics, feel free to add your voice and experience to the discussions!
• Yoga for an elderly student
• Music for Yin Yoga
• For students who can’t or won’t squat
• Nutation and Counternutation
• Forward bends with kyphosis?
Yin Yoga Teacher Directory
If you are having trouble finding a Yin Yoga teacher near you, or if you are traveling to somewhere new, try checking out the Directory of Yin Yoga teachers. We have hundreds of teachers registered from all over the world. If you are a teacher and are not in the directory, just send us your information and we’ll be happy to add you.
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