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Yin Yoga with Christina, Breathing Space Yoga Group, 19 Mauranui Avenue, Auckland (2025)

07/02/2023

Embodied consciousness is when we bring our awareness inwards from the external world or the craziness of the mind and down into our body.

This is when we become grounded in the experience of being in a physical body and integrate all of our experiences within our cells.

Grounding, downward-moving energy is a powerful way to access embodied consciousness - we build sensitivity to sensation within the physical body, and we process and let go of emotions, thoughts, and excess energy which creates a sense of stability, nourishment, and calm.

This is the type of energy that so many of us are in need of cultivating in our modern age.

Yin yoga is an incredible tool that can help us directly access this grounding, nourishing energy that so many of us crave!

Yin yoga in itself is a calming and grounding practice, however, there are specific asanas, kriya meditations, and pranayama exercises that help us to directly cultivate downward moving, grounding energy, known as Apana Vayu - which is one of 5 prana vayus or energetic currents in our body.

These include extended exhalations, visualizations using the lower belly, tailbone & the earth as well as forward folds and twists.

Ground down into your body with me!

I teach a 75-minute online yin yoga class every week via zoom.

Classes are every second Sunday at 4pm EST (Monday AM in NZ) & Thursday evenings at 6.30pm NZDT.

To see exact yin class dates & times and to book your space, head to the Flourish Art & Yoga Studios calendar here: https://flourish-art-yoga-studios.namastream.com/calendar

Hari Om!

31/01/2023

Yin yoga is for every BODY

In yin, we understand that everyone's bones are structured differently and everyone has different levels of flexibility and range of motion due to many factors such as age, their work, and what physical activity they do or have done in the past.

This means that yin postures may look completely different for every person who is in a yin yoga class - and that is not only okay, it is to be expected!

In yin we aren't striving to reach the perfect alignment, to force, push and pull to get our body to look exactly like the teacher or the person next to us.

Yin invites an individual intuitive approach to each posture (& for some people, they may want to lie in savasana the entire time and that is also welcome!).

This is one of the big reasons why we make use of props in yin yoga such as blocks and bolsters - it's not necessarily to make the shape more restorative or relaxing but to help each individual customise a pose so that they can actually reach the fascia, the yin tissues that the shape is trying to reach.

Straining and stretching the muscles to force the body into a certain shape is the opposite of what we are trying to achieve in yin, which is complete muscular relaxation so that we can reach the dense yin tissues lying deep within.

What is your favourite way to use props in yin?

24/01/2023

When we practice yin we use gravity as our guiding force - there is actually only one yin posture that doesn't use gravity as an assistant.

Gravity does the talking and the body does the listening.

Yin is a conversation between our body and gravity.

We often forget about this ever-present force, because it is always acting upon us. This force is what grounds us, it literally created the earth and keeps us pinned to it!

We are unconsciously resisting it.

Other times, especially during a yin practice, we consciously surrender to gravity and allow it to slowly shape our bodies.

The message from gravity is to slow down and give way, to trust and surrender.

This is how the practice of yin yoga allows us to reestablish our body-mind connection to release what no longer serves us.

Gravity allows us to practice the art of letting go & surrendering.

Do you know what shape doesn't use the force of gravity?

Here's a clue: 🌙

Give yin yoga a try with me online! I teach every second Sunday at 4pm EST and every second Thursday at 6.30pm NZDT.

To come along you need to sign up with and purchase a drop-in class ($15USD) or class pass ($65USD for 5 classes). Let me know if you need help!

To see class times and to book your space, head to the studio calendar here: https://flourish-art-yoga-studios.namastream.com/calendar

21/01/2023

Happy new moon in Aquarius ♒️

If you didn't feel like setting new years intentions and goals at the beginning of the year, now is the time!

May all of your intentions come to fruition ✨

17/01/2023

Yin Yoga is a method to counter our Yang lifestyles and bring more harmony and balance to our lives and the world 🌎

Yin is the polarity of yang. Yang represents the masculine, solar energy - it's signified by heat, outward movement, action, summer, the sun and in our body, the muscles.

Many of us spend our lives completely dominated by this energy! From going to work every day to running a household, socialising with family and friends and on top of that trying to squeeze in exercise or a strong yoga practice.

This can lead us to feel out of balance, burnt out and exhausted 🥱

With yin yoga, you are invited to welcome in the opposing more feminine energies. Yin is signified by feminine lunar energy, the moon, inward movement, rest, darkness, winter and in our body, the fascia.

By inviting more yin energy into your life you will find yourself more in harmony, by turning your gaze inwards you will find a greater sense of clarity and will feel more relaxed and rejuvenated.

Another lovely side effect of yin yoga is that it also creates more space in the body, making it a more comfortable place to be.

Yin Yoga can help to create a balanced and complete yoga practice alongside Yang styles of yoga and other more strenuous forms of exercise.

Give yin yoga a try with me online! I teach via zoom every second Sunday at 4pm EST (Monday AM in NZ) & Thursday evenings at 6.30pm NZDT.

To see exact yin class dates & times and to book your space, head to the Flourish Art & Yoga Studios calendar here: https://flourish-art-yoga-studios.namastream.com/calendar

10/01/2023

Yin yoga is a simple, spacious and gentle practice for everybody.

Through the application of key principles, we create a safe container to turn inwards.

In yin, we focus on working with the fascia of the body which requires complete muscular relaxation.

The main difference between yin and other more yang styles of yoga such as vinyasa is that we hold each posture for up to 7 minutes.

During a yin class, we move through 4 phases:
1. Create a shape
2. Find stillness
3. Hold for a time (where the magic happens!)
4. Carefully release

Yin postures can look different between different people depending on their levels of flexibility. Each posture can be customised with props and variations to target the specific myofascial meridian system that the posture is aiming to work with.

Have you done yin before? 🧘🏼‍♀️

To give yin yoga a try, come to one of my weekly online yin yoga classes! Head to the Flourish Art & Yoga Studios calendar to book your space: https://flourish-art-yoga-studios.namastream.com/calendar

Classes are suitable for everyone from complete beginners to advanced yogis.

06/01/2023

My online yin classes over are starting up again next week!

Join me every second Sunday at 4pm EST (or Monday 10am NZ time) & every second Thursday at 6.30pm NZT starting on the 8th of January for an evening of nourishing yin yoga.

Sunday evening classes are for the US timezone & Thursday evening classes are for NZ timezone.

Over 75 minutes, I will guide you through a series of meditations, breathing techniques & yin asana to help you enter into a meditative state while nourishing the myofascial meridian systems of the body.

Start the year off in a spacious way and give yourself the space to slow down and tune into the more subtle realms of your inner world.

You can purchase a drop-in class or a class pass over on the Flourish platform.

Attend live or sign up to receive the recording! To save your space you need to sign-up with Flourish, and head to the Flourish calendar here: https://flourish-art-yoga-studios.namastream.com/calendar

Send me a message if you need help signing up!

Swipe to see the schedule of my classes in January for NZ & EST timezones.

Hari Om!

05/12/2022

Yin Yoga classes online with me are back starting in just one week!

I'll be teaching from my home in Laingholm to the world via the magic of the internet through online yoga studio ☯️

I'll be teaching two classes in December - here are the dates & times across the globe:

1.
Monday 12th December 10am NZDT
Monday 12th December 8am AEDT
Sunday 11th December 4pm EST
Sunday 11th December 1pm PST
Sunday 11th December 9pm BST

2.
Monday 19th December 10am NZDT
Monday 19th December 8am AEDT
Sunday 18th December 4pm EST
Sunday 18th December 1pm PST
Sunday 18th December 9pm BST

From the 9th of January, I will start teaching every second Monday/Sunday (depending on your timezone!) and every second Thursday (starting on the 19th of Jan) at 6.30pm NZDT.

No matter what timezone you are in, you can practice live with me - how exciting!

Classes are 75 minutes long!

You can save your space by booking through the Flourish Studios calendar with a drop-in class or get a class pass here:

https://flourish-art-yoga-studios.heymarvelous.com/calendar

Flourish Studios are based in the US so all prices are in USD

if you have any questions, send me a message.

Can't wait to share the medicine of yin again very soon!

Hari Om 🕉

26/11/2022

𑁍 The lotus 𑁍

This magnificent flower rises from the muddy water and opens up towards the sky every day and is a symbol of spiritual awakening.

Honestly, these lotus flowers in Ubud were so big and so utterly perfect - they actually looked fake!!

Humbled by the essence of the lotus.

21/09/2022

I still cant believe I’m in Bali, let alone on an actual yoga retreat with
What is life?!? 💙😍🙏🏼

11/08/2022

All creation is emission ~ sṛṣṭi

All destruction is reabsorption ~ saṁhāra

04/08/2022

Sweet, sweet sacred memories in the trees

Aum Shakti Aum ❤️ 🧚🏼‍♀️

28/07/2022

~ All that exists, through all time and beyond, is one infinite, divine consciousness, free and blissful ~

21/07/2022

Bo***ge is seductive,

Liberation is scary.

But when we let go of everything we gain the world...

Captured by at 🥵

14/07/2022

Join me on Wednesday, 20th of July, at 7.30pm for an evening of yin yoga in Newmarket.

📣 THIS WILL BE MY LAST CLASS 📣

I am taking a teaching break to travel, recharge and receive fresh inspiration so this will be my last class at Breathing Space Yoga Group for some time (I'm planning to return later this year!).

So, if you'd like to experience yin with me in Auckland, this may be your last chance for a little while 😉

We will be working with a select few gentle yin yoga asana, pranayama and meditation techniques to cultivate a grounding energetic effect.

RSVP & save your space here: https://fb.me/e/1L7zkFvbH

🙏🏼🖤

14/07/2022

If you ever loved one thing in this world, then without knowing it you have loved the whole world 🖤

07/07/2022

~ When the veils of illusion dissolve, all that’s left is love ~

📍Earlier this year at divine temple

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