In This Issue:
- Should hands be flat or can fingers be arched?
- Meditation Revealed Online is available via recordings of the live offering
- Welcome to the Yinside: live online Yin Yoga classes with Bernie
- Discounts for online courses
- What’s new in the Forum?
- The Yin Yoga Teacher Directory
Should Hands be Pressed Flat to the Floor or Should Fingers be Arched?
Excerpted from the book Your Upper Body, Your Yoga
Should you bend your fingers when your palms are on the floor? Can you easily place your palms flat, fingers straight while doing Plank Poses, Handstands, Crow Pose, or any posture that requires full wrist extension while the hands are on the floor? Some students can, but many and probably even most cannot. Why is this and what can these students do if they can’t keep their fingers and palms flat on the floor? ….
Meditation Revealed Online
with Bernie Clark & Nathalie Keiller
We are happy to announce that Meditation Revealed is now available via the recordings of the live sessions. But, even though it was recorded, you cana still receive personal interaction with us and have all your questions answered via emails and through the private Facebook group.
The course includes training in Deep Meditation to give you an experiential basis for the practice of meditation. This course is a balance of theory and praxis but the course will also delve deeply into the context of both yoga and meditation and shows how they have evolved over the millennia. Understanding the historical context of these practices will help you adopt and adapt meditation to what you need for our modern times.
Weekly online Yin Yoga classes with Bernie
Every Sunday morning at 10am PT, join Bernie for a live 70-minute Yin Yoga class followed by a 20-minute meditation. If that time doesn’t work for you, watch the replay which is available for 7 days. Or, here is a new option, with a one-year subscription, you can access the archives of all the past classes!
Bernie together with Yoga International offers 8 one-hour, online, Yin Yoga for Your Body video classes. These hours are eligible for continuing education credits with Yoga Alliance.
Through these 8 on-line yin yoga classes you will learn
- The nature of yin and yang
- To practice with intention and attention
- The 3 principles of the yin yoga
- The reality of human variations
- To create a functional yoga practice
- To develop anti-fragility
- To develop mindfulness
Your Spine, Your Body – The Course
by Professor Stuart McGill and Bernie Clark
Up-to-Date Knowledge and Practices to Increase Spinal Stability, Mobility, Endurance, and Well-Being
Professor Stuart McGill is a world-renowned expert in spine biomechanics. In this eight-hour course, Stuart and Bernie will lead you to discover:
- The code—the science of the spine
- The art—applying the science to your body
- Practices—taking it to the mat
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!
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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